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FROM 

MORE THAN 200 AUTHORS 
n England, Scotland, Ireland and Amer ica^ 

INCLUDING A 

cf^atXwmbeY of Origii^aVs*, 

ALPHABETICALLY ARRANGED, 

[NG A COMPLETE SUPPLEMENT TO DR. WATTS^ 
PSALMNS AND HYMNS. 



BYJOHNDOBELL* 

THIRD EDITION. 



«^ Christ is AlV^ Col. iii. 11, 

RIS-TOWN....PUBLISHED BY P. A. JOHNSOK- 

Mann, Frinter* 
iB22* 



WHILE so many volumes of hymns botli 
original and selected, are constantly is- 
suing from the press, it seems almost presump- 
tion to expect this will be noticed. Every man, 
however, has his peculiar taste ; his selection of 
hymns, together with their arrangement, will be 
suited to this taste; and consequently, there 
k room to hope, that some may find in these, a 
suitableness to their views, dispositions, and 
experience, which they have sought in vain 
from other selections, which too have their ex-» 
cellencies. Under this impression, I have ven- 
tured to solicit public attention. 

It is almost universally admitted that Dr. 
Watt's Psalms and Hymns possess an excellen- 
cy and variety, which place him far beyond any 
single author : and in my humble opinion, they 
are of such sterling worth, that no selection, 
however excellent, should superscede the use of 
them. It is however, as generally admitted, 
that there are many subjects for which Doctor 
Watts has provided no hymns. To see this defi- 
ciency supplied amongst Posdo-Baptist churches 
has been the desire of many ministers and pri- 
vate christians, and to effect this, is the princi- 
pal, though not the only end of this small vol- 
ume. 

The hymns here presented to the public, are 
collected from more than two hundred authors ; 
many of them are taken from manuscripts, which 
I deemed too valuable to be suffered to remain 



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in obscurity, and some have been supplied bj 
friends. As this work has been the labour of 
years, and the choice of many thousand hymns, 
it will I trust give satisfaction to the church of 
Christ, as they all concur in extolling the ] 
" grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, the essential 
Divinity of his person, the glory of his redeem- 
" ing work, the infinite merit of his great atone- 
ment, the perfection of his righteousness, the 
^' virtue of his blood, aiid the power of the Holy 
" Ghost. Topics these, of such importance^ 
" that without them, our most elaborate prayersj 
" or praises are flat, jejune, and Insipid : while, 
" with them, both ascend up before God, an ac- 
" ceptable sacrifice, a sweet perfume," 

Though I have, of course, the sentiments pe- 
culiar to that denomination of christians with 
which providence has placed me ; yet I am not 
without hopes that a selection from the best au- 
thors in these United Kingdoms and America^ 
will meet with general approbation. 

This work, like Doctor Watts's Fourth Book, 
is arranged in an alphabetical order. Each new 
subject begins with M. ; C. M. j S. M. y &c. 
The first alphabetical order contairis the Attri- 
butes of God ; the secofid, the Characters and 
Titles of Christ ; the third, the General Subjects. 

Those verses which may, for the sake of brev- 
ity, be omitted, without destroying the unity 
and connection of the hymn, are included in 
crotchets [ ]> The lines or verses marked 
with single inverted commas are those which 
I have deemed necessary to add for the sake 
of giving a fulness, or expression to the whole. 
The occasional alterations which will be obser- 
ved in some hymns, are intended to suit them to 
a particular subject for which they were not _ j 




PREFACE, 



originally designed ; or to give a greater smoothr? 
ness to the versification. After all, I am ready 
to acknowledge that many of the verses are rather 
rhyme than poeUy ; and while they deprecate 
the severity of criticism, must rest their claims 
to regard on their sentiment and spirit. They 
will, as far as I can judge, be found full of the 
doctrines of grace, and the experience of those 
to whom Christ in all his characters, offices, 
and relations, is precious. In these superior 
excellencies, this edition is, I hope, equal to any 
that has yet appeared ; and will, with Dr. Watts "s 
Psalms and Hymns in foiu* books, be sufficient 
for any church of Christ, in any circumstances, 
and on all subjects, 

The subjects in this volume, which are vari- 
ous, are adapted to console the saint and awaken 
the sinner ; are suited equally for the public 
^yorship of God, the closet, and the family. 
And, as singing is a neglected, though necessary 
part of family worship, I embrace this opportu- 
nity of presenting to the reader the words of an 
old writer. As the increase or deca}^ of chris- 
ti^m piety is generally accompanied with th^ 
'•use or neglect of family worship, so that duty 
is more or less defective, as singing in families 
is more or less used. If christians would con- 
sider the great necessity and usefulness of this 
duty, and the decay of religion and piet}^ that 
^- attends the neglect of it 5 and if they had a 
due regard to their own souls, the good of 
mankind, and the glory of God, surely they 
could not make so slight of it. I wish that 
all who make a profes.i^ion of religion would 
^' more seriously consider the happiness that re- 
'• suits Worn it. The closet is a sweet employ- 
mei)t, but we should not^ by any meaiiSj cause 



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^ famHy worship and singing to be negleeted 
" thereby. Why should we be ashamed to let 
our neighbours know that we own and praise 
God in our families as well as in our churches? 
^' The fear of being thought singular appears to 
" be one great cause of this neglect. If those 
^' persons would consider how great a Benefactor 
Almighty God is to them, they would find no 
reasonable plea for the neglect of it. Let 
every one consider that the most ready and 
" effectual means to meike it universal is, for 
every family to begin. So let our liofht shine 
^* that others also may glorify our Father which 
is in heaven. I appeal to any religious per- 
son. whether they have not been much affected 
wben,f as they occasionally walked the streets,) 
they have heard a family thus employed. The 
occasion of the jailor's conversion, was by the 
singing of Paul and Silas : and we know not 
how many persons may be converted by our 
" practising this duty ; and this I may say, t ^at 
it is a very ready wa}^ to discountenance pro- 
fane songs and to promote religion : O that it 
could be said of us. as it was of the primitive 
christians, (who, instead of profane songSj used 
" nothing but spiritual and divine hymn< : so 
that, as St. Jerom relate 5 ; fthe place where 
he lived), you could not go hito die fieUi bat 
you niiplit he u the plowman at his hallelujahs, 
the mo;\ er at li s hymns, and the vine-dresser 
^' singing; David's psalms.'' 

I deem it unnecessary to make any apology 
for taking sonie cf the following hymns fiom 
authors who diiier in doctrinal sentiments iVom 
myself, and the chmeaes with which Iain con- 
nected. The hymns themseives, superior in 
liicir kind^, and on subjects in which all real 



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cliristians agree, must and will be their own 
apology. 

Committing all my imperfect, btit well-meant 
labours to the blessing of God the Father, Son, 
and Holy Ghost, whose honour alone has, I 
trust, been my motive for engaging in them, and 
to the candour of the christian church, I remain 
with unceasing affection to all that love the Lord 
Jesus Christ in sincerity, their brother and ser* 
vant for Jesu's sake. 

Poole, Dorset. JOHN DOBELL. 

(CT* The Hymns marked with an AsterisJc 
are not in Hie other Editions^ 



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TO FIND ANY HYMN BY THE FIRST LINE^ 



Hymn and Page, 

ACCEPTj O Lord, our songs of praise 636 
A debtor to mercy alone - - 233 
Adore the Father and the Son (second part)691 
Afflicted Saintj to Christ draw near - 489 
Again, indulgent Lord, I come - ^ 642 
Again, indulgent Lord, return - - 479 
Ah ! little sojom^ner below - - - 240 
Ah ! wretched, vile, ungrateful heart - 327" 
Alas ! how changed that lovely flow'r - 242 
All glory to th' eternal Three (first pait) 694 
All hail, incarnate God ^ - - 386 
All hail ! the gloi'ious morn "> •■51 

All hail the pow'r of Jesu^s name - - 66 
All hail, thou great Immanuel * - 157 
All my sins imputed were - - - 597 
All the Lord's honoured race - - l60 
All ye that pass by - - >• - 56l 
Almighty God, while earth and heav'n - 353 
Aloud we sing the wopdrous grace - 494 
Altho' the vine its fruit deny - - 289 
And art thou with us gracious Lord - 303 
And can my heart aspire so high (2nd part) 604 
And may I hope, that when no more - 650 
And must I part with all 1 have (2nd part) 588 
And will the great eternal God - - 417 
And will the Lord thus condescend - 81 
And v>^ill th' offended God, again (2nd part) 6l7 
Argels ! roll the rock away - - 5Q 

Another six days work is done (third part) 540 
Approach, my soul, the mercy seat - 482 
Arise, in all thy splendour. Lord (:^*nd part^ IjI 



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Hymn and Page, 



Arm of the Lord, awake ! awake - • 665 

As Christ approacli'd Jerusalem - - 64S 

A sight of Jesus, with his eyes (first part) 228 

x\s on the cross the Saviour hung - - 22f 

Astonish'd and distressed r - - 332 
As when the weary traveller gains (1st part)66r 

At anchor laid, remote from home - - 153 

At this unwonted hour, behold (first part) 28 

Awake, and sing the song - - - ^77 

Awake, arise, and hail the morn - ^ 29 

Awake, awake, arise - r - 32 

Awake, my soul, attune the lyre - - 6 

Awake, my soul, in joyful lays - - 106 

Awake, my soul ! stretch ev'ry nerve - 519 

Awake, my tongue, thy tribute bring - 26 

Awake, our drowsy souls - r - 547 

Awake, sweet gratitude ! and sing r - 94 

BACKSLIDERS, who your mis'ry feel - 6? 

Before Jehovah's awful throne - - 502 

Begin, my soul, th^ exalted lay (first part) 238 

Begone unbelief ! my Saviour is near - 630 

Behold a sinner, dearest Lord r - 287 
Behold th' day, th'- appointed day (2nd part) 28 

Behold th' expected time draws near - 428 

Behold the gift of God r - - 60 

Behold the gloomy vale - - - 253 

Behold the holy place r r - 124 

Behold! the mighty Saviour comes - 628 
Behold 1 the Saviour at thy door (first part)326 

Behold the sun, adorns the sky - - 438 

Behold what condescending love - - 185 

Behold, what matchless, tender love - 184 

Beside the gospel pool - - - 193 

Bestow dear Lord, upon our youth - 6l 1 

Beyond the glittering starry skies - - 130 
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Hymn and Pagei 
Blessed arfe the sons of God - - l6l 

Bless'd is the mem'ry of the just - 290 
BlessM Jesus ! when my soaring thoughts 97 
Blessed Lord, be thoil our teacher ^ ^ 513 
Blest be th' Eternal, Infinite ^ - 658 
Blest be the tie that binds (second part) - 402 
Blow ye the trumpet, blow - - 524 

Bright as the sun's meridian blaze - - 425 
Bright source of everlasting love (2nd part) 60/ 
By whom w^as David taught (4th part) - 644 

CAN reason comprehend a God - - 520 
Children of the heav'nly king - - 528 
Christ, as oui: great Physician, heals - 57 
Christ is the Way to heav nly bliss - 71 

Come all ye chosen saints of God - - 319^ 
Come dearest Lord, and bless this day(lst pt)540 
Come dearest Lord, and feed thy sheep - 544 
Come dearest Lord, who reigns above - 314 
Come guilty souls, and flee away - 356 

Come happy souls, who know the Lord - 105 
Come Holy Ghost, descend from high - 181 
Come Holy Spirit, come (first part) - 158 
Come humble sinner, inw^hose l3reast(lst pt)464 
Come humble souls, ye mourners, come - 345 
Come, let our hearts, and voices join - 7S 
Come, let our voices join - - 6l4 

Come, let us join our friends above - - 211 
Come let us join with sweet accord - 541 
Come my soul, before the Lamb - - 626 
Come, O my soul, 'in sacred lays - - 17 
Come, O my soul, look up and see - 245 
Come, O thou all-victorious Lord (2nd part) 505 
Come, search the scriptures, saith the Lord 

(second part) - - - 195 

Come, sinners, wTetched, blind, and poor 

(second part) - - - ^55 



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Hymn and Page* 



Come, thou desire of all thy saints (istpt.) 69 

Come, thou fount of ev'ry blessing - 270 

Come, thou soul-transforming Spirit - 512 

Come, tune ye saints, your noblest strains 44 

Come, ye sinners, poor and wretched - 366 

Come, ye that know and fear the Lord - 15 

Come ye that love the Saviour's name - 99 

Come ye weary souls opprest ^ - S62 

Come ye who know the Saviour's love - 64 

Compared with Christ, in all beside - 56 

Convinc'd as a sinner, to Jesus 1 come - 136 

Could the creatures help or ease us - 485 
Create, O God, my pow'rs anew (first pait)l79 

DARE we indulge our wrath and strife - IfO 
Daughters of Sion, ye who sing - - 556 
Day of Judgment, day of wonders - 382 
Dear friends, as you have own'd - - 552 
Dear Jesus, when, when shall it be - - 351 
Dear Lord, and vvili thy pard'ning love - 96 
Dear Lord ! my best desires fulfil (first part)604 
Dear refuge of my weary soul - - 527 
Dear Saviour, remember the word - - 638 
Deep are the wounds which sin has made- 117 
Deluded souls ! who think to grasp - 653 
Destructive sword ! how oft hast thou(2d pt)451 
Did ever one of Adam's race - - 224 
Dismiss us with thy blessing. Lord - r 672 
Do noi I love thee, O my Lord - - 406 
Doit thou, dear Jesus, suffer shame (1st pt) 588 

ELECTION! 'tis a joyful sound - 275 

F^.iiconipass'd with clouds of distress - 347 

Encouraged by thy word - - - 19I 

Vie.nvd] (jod I I bless thy name - - 269 

' cnial G od^ in whom we live - - 1 80 



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Hymn and Page. 

Eternal Life ! how sweet the sound - 279 

Eternal pow'r, almighty God - - 3 

Eternal Spirit, 'twas thy breath - - 194 

Eternity is just at hand - - - 280 

Ev'ry moment brings me nearer - - 257 

Exalted high at God's right hand - - 333 

Exert thy pow'r, thy rights maintain - 426 

Expand, my soul, arise and sing - - 272 

yAIN would my soul with wonder trace - 419 
Faith ! 'tis a precious grace - - 295 

Far, beyond all comprehension - - 234 
Far, far beyond these lower skies - - 73 
Far from these narrow scenes of night - 337 
Farewell vain world, your charms I bid adieu 656 
Father, is not thy promise pledg'd - - 433 
Father of faithful Abrah'm hear - - 372 
Father of mercies, in thy word (first part) 195 
Fear not, ye little chosen flock(first part)- 469 
Firmly I stand on Sion's hill - - 293 

For a season call'd to part . - - 680 
For ever shall my fainting soul - - 156 
Forgiveness ! 'tis a joyful sound (first part) 462 
Frequent the day of God returns (first part) 550 
From heav'n th' loud, th' angelic song began390 
From Jesse's root, behold a branch arise - 570 
From sin's dark thorny maze - - 215 
From the cross uplifted high (second part) 562 
From whence this fear, and unbelief - 176 

GIRD thy sword on, mighty Saviour - 668 
Glorious things of thee are spoken (2nd part) 2l6 
Glory to God, on high (first part) - 102 

Glory to God, who reigns above - - 111 
Glory to thee my God ! this night(first part^283 
©od hath bereav'd me of my child(lst part)24l 



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Hymn and Page. 
God moves in a mysteiious way - - 496 
God of my life, my morning song - - 439 
God of my life, to tliee belong - - 622 
God of sabbaths, Israel's Lord - - 551 
God's foundation standeth sure - - 27^ 
God with us ! O glorious name - - 90 
Go, saith the voice of heavenly love - 312 
Grace! 'tis a charming sound - - 321 
Gracious Father, gracious Lord - - 509 
Gracious Lord, incline thine ear - - 46/ 
Gracious Spirit, loVe divine (second part) 158 
Great, everlasting God, to tliee - - 689 
Great God, accept our songs of praise - 608 
Great God, as seasons disappear - - 584 
Great God, at thy command - - 57T 

Great God ! in characters of flame - 268 
Great God, now condescend - - 1 87 

Great God of wonders I all thy wdiys (second 

part) - - - 464 

Great God, tiie nations of the earth - 434 
Great God, thy holy name we praise - 645 
Great God J thy penetrating eye - - 1 
Great God ! to thee I make - - 348 

Great God to thee my evening: song - 282 
Greeit God, to thee with cheerful songs - 581 
Great God, we in thy courts appear - 188 
Great God, we now surround thy board - 558 
Cireat God, we view thy chast'ning hand 578 
Great King of Sion, gracious God (2ud part)209 
Great light of life, thuu natu.c's Lord - 104 
Great Lord, of all thy churches, liear - 213 
Great Rock for wear}^ sinners made (2d p'l;)135 
Great Ruler of the earth and skies (2d p*t) 448 
Great Sov 'reign of the earth and skyf2d p'i)413 
Great Sun of P*igi I teoiisness, arise - - 1 11) 
Guide mo, O tliou great Jehovah - - 8 '2 



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Hymn and Page. 
HAIL Father! hail eternal Son - - 159 
Hail hol}^, holy, hol}^ Lord (^second part) G94 
Hail! mighty and victorious Lord - - 525 
Hail ! mighty Jesus, how divine - - 225 
Hail ! my ever blessed Jesus - - 322 
Hail, Plant renpwn'd thy leaves how fair (first 

part) - - ... 84 

Hail, sovereign love, that first began - 85 
Hail to the Prince of life and peace (1st part)53 
Happy soul ! thy days are ended (2nd part)254 
Happy soul ! we now resign thee - - 258 
Happy the man who finds the grace - 153 
Hark, hark ! the gospel-trumpet sounds 317 
Hark ! hark ! what sounds are these so pleas- 
ing - - , - . 363 
Hai'k, my soul ! it is the Lord - - 408 
Hark, the gladsound,the Saviour comes(2d p't)33 
Hark ! the herald angels say - - 49 
Hark ! the voice of love and mercy - 526 
Hark ! tiie voice of my beloved (2nd part) 68 
Hark! 'tis ourheav'nly leader's voice(2dp't)644 
Hark ! *tis the Saviour's voice I hear (1st p't)355 
Haste that delightful awful day - - 24/ 
Hast thou not said, almighty God (first pai1;)3l6 
Hear what the hope of Israel saith - 74 
Heav'n has connrm'd the great decree (first 

part) - - - - - 252 

He dies ! the friend of sinners dies - 41 
lie lives ! tlie great Redeemer lives - 93 
Hell ! 'tis a word of dreadful sound ' 3^1 
Here at thy t;ible. Lord, we meet - - 557 
Ho 1 all ye trembling sinners, hear - 364 
Ho ! ye despairirg sinners, hear (first part) ? 6 
Holv and reverend is the name - - 12 
Holy, holy, holy, Lord God - - 690 

Kqw i-a-c tbv seryaj:ts bkss'd^ Lord • 57^ 



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Hymn and Page, 
How blest is our brother^ bereft - ^ 255 
How feeble human efforts prove (2nd part) 471 
How firm a foundation, ye saints of the Lord 491 
How gracious, and how wise (second part) 165 
How great, how terrible that God - - 375 
How great thy mercies, Lord * - 490 
How happy are the souls above * - 249 
How happy are we - - - 276 

How long thou faithful God shall I - 192 
How many years hath man been driv'n - 214 
How much the hearts of those revive * 284 
How pleasing is the sight, to see - - 555 
ilow sad and awful is my state - - 219 
How shall I come before the Lord - 651 
How shall I give niy Ephraim up - - 278 
How shall I my saviour set forth - - 133 
How sweetj how heav'nly is the sight * 401 
How sweet the name of Jesus sounds (second 

part) - 98 

How welcome to the saints, when press'd (2nd 

part) * ----- 54Q 
How vast the benefits divine * 274 

I ASKED the Lord that I might grotv - 624 

I come, the great Redeemer cries - - 125 

If Jesus is ours, we have a true friend - 682 

If I have^ Lord, ne'er yet begun - • 538 

I know that my Redeemer lives - - 127 

I'm bound to New Jerusalem (first part) - 335 

I my Ebenezer raise - - - 271 
I In Adam's loins by sin we fell (second part)296 

' In age and feebleness extreme - - 662 

In my Lord's appointed ways - - 373 

Incarnate Saviour, in thy face - - 168 

III Christ alone all fulness dwells - - 306 

t In Christ I've all my soul's desire *• 



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Hymn and Page, 
Indulgent God ! how kind - - - 8 
Indulgent God^ to thee we pray - - 431 
In ev'ry trouble^ sharp and strong - - 343 
Infinite excellence is thine - - 72 

Infinite grace ! and can it be - - 11 

In form I long had bow'd the knee *■ 571 
In one harmonious cheerful song - - 143 
Inquiring souls, who long to find - - 151 
In Sharon's lovely rose - ^ - 139 
In songs of subhme adoration and praise -r 323 
Inspire our souls, thou heavenh^ Dove (first 

part) - - - - " . - 69 
In sweet exalted strains - - 418 
In the dark night when much, distressed - 47'3 
In the floods of tribulation - - - l66 
In thy great name^ O Lordj we come ^ 507 
In vain AppoUo's pleasing tongue - - 508 
In vain nn fancy strives to paint (third pai't)252 
In vain the giddy world inquires - - 652 
In what confusion earth appears ?- - S40 
Is any thing too hard for God - - 473 
I sojourn in a vale of tears - - r 248 
Israel, in ancient days ^ - - ^63% 
Is there no shelter from the wrath (third part)462 
Is this my Jesus, this my God - - 560 
It is the Lord, enthroned in light - - 534 
It shall be well, let sinner^ know (first part) 606 
Fve found the pearl of greatest price - ll6 ' 
I would, but cannot sing - - - 352 

JACOB'S portion is the Lord (second part)472 
Jehovah hath said, 'tis left on record - 627 
Jehovah is a God of might - - - 23. 
Jehovah's grace, how full, how free - 320 
Jehovah sits upon the clouds - - 6l8 

Jerusalem !, my happy home (second part) 335 



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Hymn and Page, 

Jesus ! and shall it ever be - - - 95 

Jesus, at thy command - - - 122 

Jesus, commission'd from above - ^110 

Jesus, dear name, how sweet it sounds - 354 

Jesus, engrave it on my heart - 113 

Jesus has shed his vital blood - 92 

Jesus, how bright his glory shines ^ 63 

Jesus, how precious is thy name ^ - 492 

Jesus, I know hath died for me - - 173 

Jesus^ I love thy charming name ^ ^ 

Jesus, I sing thy matchless grace - - 83 

Jesus, immutably the same - - - 149 

Jesus, in thy transporting name r - 369 

Jesus is all I wish or want - - - 147 

Jesus is our great salvation r - - 569 

Je^us, lover of my soul, ^ - - 132 

Jesus, my all, to heaven is gone - •? 150 

Jesus, my dreadful leprosy ^ r 120 

Jesus, my Lord, my soul's delight - 80 

Jesus' precious name excels - 567 

Jesus, since thou ait still to-day - 118 

Jesus, sweet name, no name so dear - 370 

Jesus, the heav'nly Bridegroom, gave - (32 

Jesus, th' incarnate God of love - - 77 

Jesus, thy blood and righteousness - 134 

Jesus, what shall I do to show - - 308 

Join all who love the Saviour's name - 8G 

KINDRED in Christ, for his dear sake (third 

^ part) - r - - - - 413 

King of Salem, bless my soul - - 109 

LAID by Jehovah's miglity liands - 65 

'^A t earth and seas, witli all llic skies - 199 

i^t livpocritcs attend , 34^! 



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Hymn and Page^ 

Let Joshua's solemn charge - - 300 

Let not your hearts within you grieve - 152 

Let party names no more (first part - 402 

Let Sion's watchmen all awake - - 459 

Let thoughtless sinners choose the road - 398 

Let us awake our joys - - - 100 

Like Bartimeus, we are blind - - 190 

Lo ! another year is gone - - - 659 

Lo ! clad in nature's bright array - - 315 

Lo ! heav'n's tremendous mighty king - 10 

Lo ! he comes, arra3'^M in vengeance - 381 

Lo ! he comes, the King of glory - - 380 

Lo ! on a narrow neck of land - - 620 

Long ere the sun began his days - - 565 

Look down, O Lord, with pitying eye - 640 

Look from on high, Great God, and see - 391 

Look up, ye saints, direct your eyes - 237 

Lord, and am I yet alive - - - 600 

Lord, at thy feet in dust I lie - - 420 

Lord, at thy feet I prostrate fall - - 463 

Lord, at thy table, I behold . - 55g 

Lord, can a soul like mine (third part) - 26? 
Lord, can a soul so vile as mine (2nd part) 267 

Lord, didst thou die, but not for me - 26^ 

Lord, dismiss us with thy blessing ^ _ 

Lord, dost thou say, ask what thou wilt - 53 J 

Lord, guide me down the steep of age - 66-: 

Lord, hast thou calPd me by thy grace - 60v 

Lord, hear a burden'd sinner mourn - 321 

l-.ord, how large thy bounties are - - 36j 
Lord, how shall v/retched sinners dare (first 

part) 44' 

Lord, I am thine, entirely thine - - 55-' 

Lord, I cannot let thee go - - - S6^ 

Lord, in the days of youth - - - 6i: 



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] Hipnn and Page, 

Lord, in thy courts we now appear - 506 
Lord, let me see thy blissful face - - 309 
Lord, must thy gospel fly away (first part) 209 
Lord, of the earth, and seas, and skies - 580 
Lord, of the harvest ! God of grace (2d part)515 
Lord, send thy servants forth - -371 
Lord, send thy word, and let it fly - 435 
Lord, thou hast won, at length I yield - 231 
Lord, thou with an unerring beam - - 22 
i Lord, we adore thy matchless ways - 226 
Lord, we come before thee now - - 510 
Lord, when we cast our eyes abroad (1st p't)432 
Love divine, all love excelling - - 639 
Love divine, how sweet the sound - 405 

MANY woes had Christ endm-'d - - 307 
May the grace of Christ our Saviour - 685 
Ptlercy is welcome news indeed (2nd part) 462 
Methinks I hear th^ archangel sound - 377 
Methinks the last great day is come - 376 
Mighty God ! while angels bless thee - 34 
Mortals awake, with aaaels join - - 30 
Mo7t ■ -racious Father, God of all - - 200 
Mj br tine 1. fi'om my heart belov'd - 422 
ftiy father caiis me to his arms - - 244 
My God knr>\ys what I want - - 499 
My God, the covenant of thy love - - 629 
My God ! thy boundless love we praise (se- 
cond part) - - - - - l6 
,My God, thy service well demands - 594 
I^ly •• racious Redeemer i love - - 131 
Biy sx>ul arise ! sJiake off thy fears - 126 
My $oul, be on thy guard - - - 646 
M}- ^oul, the ni' mites haste away - - 593 
My tmics of sorrow and of joy - - 533 



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NO farther go to-night, but stay - - 285 
None that embark at God's command * 121 
Nothing but thy blood, O Jesus ^ - 177 
Not unto us, but thee alone - - - 6/6 
Now begin the heav'nly theme - - 523 
New for a hymn of praise to God - - 235 
Now from the altar of our hearts (2nd part) 283 
Now in a song of gratefid praise - - 374 
Now in thy praise, eternal King - - 205 
Now is th' accepted time - 360 

Now let my soul, with wonder trace s. 197 
N(&w let our drooping hearts revive - 250 
Now let our hearts their glory wake - 299 
Now let our souls, on v^ings sublime (1st p^t)537 
Now let us raise om' cheerful strains (second 
part) - - - - - - 53 

Now Lord, the heav'nly seed is sown (l st p't)515 
Now may the God of peace and love - 674 
Now, now the arduous w^ork is o'er 521 
Now, the long wish'd for spring is come - 576 
Now, while the gospel-net is cast - - 504 

O ! BY what glimmering light we view - 239 

O could I find some peaceful bowV - 596 

O could I speak the matchless worth r 286 

O'er those gloomy hills of darkness ^ 4S7 

O for a closer walk with God - r 641 

O for a glance of heavldy day - • S2§ 

O God, my sun, thy blissiiil rays - ^ 342 

O God ! thou art a Spirit pure r - 24 

O ! happy day when saints shall meet ^ 67J. 

O happy souls who dwell above - 545 
O Lord^' I would delight in thee (2nd part) 262 

O Lord, my life, my Saviour God - - l62 

O Love divine, how sv/eet thou art (2d p't) 407 

mv clbstrastful heai1 - - - 14* 



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Oj my soul, what means this Sadness - 206 
On Sion, his most holy mount - - 212 
Once, as the friend of sinners, dear - 203 

Once more before we part - < " 

- , ^ - 679 

Unce more my eyes behold the day - 441 

Once more we keep tlie sacred day - 61O 

One glancfe of thine, eternal Lord - 21 

One there is above all others - - 79 

On Jordon's stormy i3anks I stand (first p't)338 

On Sion's glorious summit stood - - 334 

On the brink of fi'ry ruin - ^ . 229 

On this sweet morn my Lord arose - 543 

On wings of faith mount up my soul, and rise 339 

O Sion ! afflicted with wave upon wave - 208 

O ! that I had a seraph's lire - 128 

O thou, at whose almighty word - - 501 

O thou, before whose gracious throne - 592 

O thou eternal, glorious Lord - - 281 

O thou from whom all goodness flows - 480 

O thou that hear'st the prayer of faith - 174 

O thou, who didst thy glory leave - - 175 

Our Father, thronM in heav'n divine - 475 

Our great High Priest we sing - - 123 

Our hearts are fastened to the world (2d p't) 6O6 

Our Lord is risen from the dead * - 52 

Our souls by love together knit - * 675 

O ! were my heart but formed for woe - 454 

what amazing words of grace - - 357 

what a pleasure 'tis to see - - 609 

what shall I do my Saviour to praise - 683 

PASCHAL Lamb, by God appointed - 633 
Past IS the dire decree ! to die i; second part) 252 
Patience ! O 'tis a grace divine - - 466 
Peace^ by liis cross, hatli Jesus made - 107 



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Pilgrims, we are to Canaan bound - - 666 
Pity a helpless sinner. Lord - - 554 

Pity Lord, thy straying sheep - - 590 
Praise God, from whom all blessings flow ^ 688 
Praise God, the Father, and the Son (1st p't)691 
Praise the Lord who reigns above (2nd part)238 
Praise to the Saviour's matchless love (2 dp't) 102 
Praise to thy name, eternal God - - 157 
Praise ye the Lord, O blissful theme - 574 
Pray'r was appointed to convey - - 476 
Precious Bible ! what a treasure - - 196 
Prepare me gracious God - - - 486 
Pris'ners of sin and satan too - - 145 
Proclaim my gospel, saith the Lord - 313 
Prostrate before thy throne I fall (2nd part) 6l9 
Proud Babylon yet waits her doom - 429 

RAISE, thoughtless sinner ! raise thine eye 392 

RansomM smners, sing the praises - - 6l6 

Rejoice, the Saviour reigns - - - 387 

Rejoice, ye nations of the world - - 310 

Rejoice ye saints in ev'ry state (third part) 232 

Rise, O my soul, pursue the path - - 291 

Rock of ages ! cleft for me (third part) - 133 

SAFELY thro' another week (second part)-546 
Saints in their graves lie down in peace - 325 
Salvation by gi'ace, &c. (second part) - 40S 
Salvation, how precious the sound - - 56^ 
Salvation, thro' our dying God - - 56^ 
Samson the theatre o'erthrew - - 14C 
Satan, the prince of darkness reigns (2d p't)Sl( 
Saviour, canst thou love a traitor - - 466 
Saviour divine, we read thy fame (2nd part) S4 
Saviour, visit thy plantation (fn st part) - 21( 
Say, whais she, that looks abroad - 21t 



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See a poor sinner, dearest Lord - - 399 

See Felix, cloth'd with pomp and pow'r - 514 

See from the vineyard Jesus comes - 138 

See Gabriels wift descend to earth - - l69 

See, gracious Lord, before thy throne - 450 

See, how rude winter's icy hand - - 585 

See how the boasting Pharisee (2nd part) 6S7 

See, how the disobedient son - - 48/ 

See, how the little toihng ant - - 583 

See how the rising sun - - - 440 

See Lord, thy willing subjects bow - 42 

See, on the mount of Calvary - - S6 

See ! the Captain of salvation - - 535 

Self-righteous souls on works rely - - 818 

Shall e'er the shadow of a change - - 25 

Shepherd of Israel, bend thine ear - - 455 

Shepherd of Israel, thou dost keep - - 456 

Should famine^ o'er tlie mourning field - 288 

Since Jesus freely did appear - - 412 

Since Lord, thy mighty grace did call - 223 

Since thou art pleasM thy saints to own - 182 

Since we are calPd to part - - - 424 

Sing the dear saviours glorious fame - 6l 

Sing to the Lord above - — 6l5 

Sing to the Lord ye heirs of faith - - 394 

Sing we to our God above - - _. ^97 
Sing ye redeemed of the Lord (second part)667 

Sin, in ten thousand treacherous ways - 595 

Sinner, O why so thoughtless grown - 599 

Sinners awa}^ from Sinai liy , .384 

Sinners, behold the Lamb of God . . 101 

Sinners rejoice, it's Christ that died . 43 

Sinners ! this solemn truth regard . .198 

Sinners will you scorn the message . 5 17 

Soldiers of Christ, arise (third part) . 644 

Sole sovereign of the earth and skies • 297 



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Sons of God, in tribulation (third part) l65 
Sons we are thro' God's election . . 277 
Sovereign grace, has pow'r alone . .411 
Sov'reign grace, o'er sin abounding • . 634 
Sovereign of life, before thine eye (4th part) 252 
Sov'reign ruler of the skies . . * 26l 
Stand up,ye saints, and boldly march (1st p't)644 
Stern winter throws his icy chains * .586 
Strange that so much of heav'n and hell . 222 
Stretch'd on the cross, the Saviour dies . 37 
Submissive to thy will^ my God . . 603 
Sweet the moments, rich in blessing . 45 
Sweet to rejoice in lively hope (first part) l65 
Sweet was the time, when first I felt . 58/ 
Swift from the heav'ns a mighty angel flies 383 

TELL me no more of earthly toys . 65 f 
Tell me Saviour from above (first part) . 144 
The best of wisdom is to kriow (first part) 6l7 
The billows swell, the winds are high . 602 
The Canaanite still in the land » • 598 
The castle of the human heart . . 330 
The ca^ise that is for me too hard ♦ . 202 
The deluge at til' almighty's call . .171 
The finest flow'r that ever blow'd . . 403 
The fire, with wild unbounded pow'r . 304 
The food on which thy children live (1st p't)505 
The fountain of Christ, with pleasure we sing 

(second part) . . ^ . 76 

The glitt'ring spangles of the sky . * 18 
The God of Abrah'm praise • 236 

The God of love, will sure indulge • 647 
The gold and silver are the Lord's • . 395 
The great Invisible, unknown . .311 
The holy Eunuch, when baptiz'd . .189 
The intercessions of our Lord ^first part) 47X 



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Hymn and Page. 
The king of lieav'n his table spreads . 358 
The Lord^ hath heard his people's cries 579 
The Lord, my Saviour^ is my light . 503 
The Lord of sabbaths, let us praise . 542 
The Lord, the God of glory, reigns . 4 
The Lord, who rules the world's affairs . 217 
The Lordp who truly knows . .483 

The Lord, will happiness divine (2nd part) 331 
The mighty God that rules the skies * 178 
The moment a sinner believes (first part) 296 
The Paschal Lamb, which Israel slew • 114 
The peace which God alone reveals . ' 673 
The Saviour ! O what endless charms . 141 
The Saviour, with inviting voice . ,186 
The spacious firmament on high (first part) 607 
The time is short ! the season near(lst part)6l9 
The voice of free grace, cries escape to the 

mountain . . . . . 324 
Thee Father, we praise . . . 613 
Thee will we praise eternal King (first part)529 
There is a fountain filFd with blood * 75 
There is a God, all nature speaks . 2 

There is a River that supplies (2nd part) 537 
There's not an evil flies . . .498 
These mortal joys, how soon they fade . 621 
Thine earthly sabbaths. Lord, we love . 549 
This God, is the God we adore . .681 
Tho' boundless your wants may appear . 643 
Tho' from the truth, professors turn (2d p't) 232 
Tho' troubles assail, and dangers affright 500 
Thou dear Redeemer, dying Lamb . lOS 
Thou didst, O mighty God, exist . . 5 
Thou God of Jabez, hear . . . 3G7 
Thou lovely source of true delight (1st patt) 407 
Thou only sovereign of my heart . . 564 
Thou, who didst form the roIliAg spheres 575 



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Thou J who for smners once was slain . 530 
Thro' all the downward tracts ofiime . 532 
Thro** endless years thou art the same . 13 
Thus Agur breath'd his warm desire . l67 
Thus did the pious Abrah-m pray . . 465 
Thus far my God hath led me on . .623 
Thus saith the Lord, whose words are true ^se- , 

cond part . ... 69 

Tluis saiih the shepherd of the sheep . 70 
Thy bounties, gracious Lord . . .218 
Thy goodness, Lord, our souls confess . 9 
Thy life T read, my dearest Lord, . . 243 
Thy mercy, my God, is the theme of my song 20 
Thy people. Lord, v. ho trust thy word . 427 
Thy providence, great God, we praise . 573 
Thy way, O God is in the sea . . 495 
Thy ways, O Lord, with wise desipn . 494 
^Tis a point I long to know (f rst part) . 409 
^1 is finished ! the conflict is p st . . 256 
^Tis life, to know the dying Lamb . 87 
^Tis my happiness below . . . 625 
^Tis pleasant to sing .... 670 
^Tis religion that can give fsecond part) 529 
To-day the Saviour rose (first part) . 546 
To Father, Son, and Holy Ghost . . 693 
To Father, Son, and Spirit, ever blest . 701 
To God the Father, God the Son . . 692 
To God the Father's throne . . . 699 
To God, who chose us in his Son . . 698 
To God, who lives and reigns on high . 266 
To our Redeemer's glorious name , .129 
To > issJcili-s rep, by faith I fly i second part ,)338 
Tg praise the ever bounteous Lord . 582 
To the et-r-nial Three . . .696 

To th> c, !:iy Shepherd and my Lo d . 142 
To thee J O Lord; my beav'nly king * 48 A 



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To thee, our wants are known . . 634 
To thee, who reign'st supreme above . 449 
To thy great name, O Prince of peace . 457 
To us a child is born from iieav'n (3d part^ 28 
Turn again, my daughters, turn . . 444 
*Twas iixt in God's eternal mind. . 260 

*Twas in an hour when wrath prevaiPd . 40. 
^Twas Jesu's last and great command . 46l 
-'Twas not to make Jehovah's love ( first part jlQ 

UNCERTAIN how the way to findf 1st pt ;267 
Uprising from the silent tomb . , 47 

VAIN are the pleasures, earth can boast fSnd 

part) . . ... 323 

Vain world, thy cheating arts give o'er . 654 
Vital spark of heav'nly flame . . . 259 

WE bless the Father's name . , . 695 

"We now, O thou eternal God. . . 183 

Welcome, delightful morn . • . 548 

Welcome, thou well-belov'd of God . 414 

What cheering words are these . . 536 

What, contradictions meet . . ,518 

What does the worldling gain . .655 

What dreadful spot is this . . .511 

What finite pow'r with ceaseless toil . 1 4 

What hath God wrought ! might Jsiael say 263 

What Jar' ing natures dwell within . .220 

What joy possess'd my heart . . 669 
What language now salutes the ear (1st pt 331 

VvHiat mCfm these jealousies and fears - ^'64 

What mighty wonders faith has doiiC • - 294 

What tr-nder pity, love and care - 470 

W^hat think ye of ( 'hi ^st , is the tesi - 207 

What various hindrances we meet - - 477 



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When Abraham full of sacred awe (isi ptj 451 
When all thy mercies, O my God - - 497 
Wlien any turn from Sion's way - * 563 
When at a distance, Lord we trace * 35 
When blooming j^outh is snatchM away - 66l 
When darkness long has veiled my mind (third 

part) - ^ ^ - - 238 

When death appears before my sight (second 

part) 251 
When faith teholds the saints above - 635 
When faith presents the Saviour's death - 29% 
When first the God of boundless grace - 19 
When from the precepts to the cross - 393 
When God from his throne did vengeance dis- 
play - - - - - 172 
When God's own people stand in need - 49S 
When Hannah, prest with grief - - 484 
When heaven does grant at certain times 221 
When in the cloud, with colours fair (Ist p't)232 
When Israel's sons, a mm'm'ring race 59 
When Israel's tribes w^re parchM with thirst 

(first part) - - - - 135 

When I the lonely tomb survey - - 46 
When I view my Saviour bleeding (1st pt.J 562 
When Jacob from his brother fled - 389 

When Jesus first at heav'n's command - 385 
When Jesus hung upon the tree * - 39 
Wlien Jesus shall descend the skies - 421 
When languor and disease invade - - l64 
Wlien marshal 'd on the nightly plain 2d ptjl44 
When, O dear Jesus, v/hen shall I (2d pt.J 550 
When on ray belevecl I gaze - - 522 

When Paul was parted from his friends - 423 
When sinners utter boasting words - 415 
When sins and fears prevailing rise - 103 
When some kind shepherd from his fold - 580 



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When Syria's leprous chief 443 
When thouj my righteous judge, shalt come 3f 8 
When to his father s fond embrace 488 
When with my mind devoutly prest - 230 
Whene'er a sinner turns to God("first partj 637 
W here'er the Lord shall build my house 298 
Where is my God ? does he retire - 54 

Where two or three together meet ('2d part_) 416 
Where two or three, with sweet accord (first 

part) - - , ^ 4l6 

While here on earth I'm call'd to stay * 474 
While justice waves her vengeful hand - 446 
While o'er our guilty land, O Lord - 447' 
Wliile shepherds watch'd their fleecy caTe(lst 

part) 33 
While sinners, who presume to bear - 5 l 6 
Who hath our report believed - - 591 
Whom shall I send ? the Father cries -- 27 
W^hy do I thus complain (1st part ) ^ 262 
Why droops my soul, with grief opprest 53 
Why longed Paul to be dissclv'd - 336 

Why momnmg souls, why flovv^ these tears 442 
Why, O my soul, these anxious cares 204 
Vv'^hy O my soul ! why weepest thou - 649 
Why should a living man complain - l63 
Why should I yi^kl to slavish fears - 301 
Why should my soul indulge complaints 344 
W hy should the dread of sinful man - 305 
Why should we fear a frowning world ( 2d 

part) - - - - - 469 

Why thus in-patient to be gone * ^350 
Wliy was unbelieving I 1st part J - 254 
Wide is the gate, and broad tiie way - 539 
Wisdom divine lifts up her voice - - 154 
With heav'nly pow'r, O Lord, defend - 45S 
With humble faith, and ierveiii: zcol (1st ptj 413 
With joy^ yc jjukitS; utt^'ivJ^ und Xik'm - i 1? 



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With my substance, I will honour - 396 

With radiant beams the sun arose - 601 

With transport. Lord, our souls proclaim 91 
With what a fix'd and peaceful mind (^2d pt Jl79 
Would e'er my mind a pain possess (3d ptj) 407 
Would you win a soul to God - - 460 

Ye angels, who in glory reign * - 88 
Ye angels, who stand round the throne - 89 
Ye burden'd souls, to Jesus come - 201 

Ye careless professors, who rest on your lees 400 
Ye (l3'ing sons of men ( second part ) - 359 
Ye fleeting charms of earth, farewell - 246 
Ye glittering toys of earth, adieu - - ll5 
Ye hearts with youthful vigour warm - 660 
Ye humVile saints, proclaim abroad - 7 
\e humble souls, complain no more 1st pt J 472 
Ye messenoers of Christ - - - 436 

\e mothers, who with growing love - 410 
Ye mourning saints, whose streaming tears(^se- 

cond partj - - - - 241 
Ye mourning souls, dry up yoijr tears - 48 
Ye saints, exult in Jesu's name - - 397 
Ye saints of God, your voices raise - 700 
Ye saints, proclaim abroad - - 31 

Ye sin-sick souls dismiss your fears - 119 
Ye sin-sick souls, draw near - - 365 

Ye tempted, and try'd to Jesus draw nigh 631 
Ye that fear the Lord, attend (second partj 228 
Ye trembling souls ! dismiss your fears - 302 
Ye virgin souls, arise - - - 379 

Ye wretched, hungry, starving poor(^lst pt. )S59 \ 
Yonder, amazing sight ! I see - - 38 
Your harps, ye trembling saints - 346 

i 

Zacclieus climb'd the tree - » . 664 | 



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GLORYbetoGocl.above^hal. . 
Glory, honour, praise, and powV . 14,15 

Great God, thy ^vaiting servants bless . 1 

Let sects, and names, and pai'ties fall . f 

Mercy, good Lord, mercy I ask (2d part ) 9 

O praise the Lord, ye saints • ♦ 10 
O 'tis a sweet employ * . . 11 

Praise ye the Lord, hal. ... 8 
Praise ye the Lord, the Saviour praise . 4 

Saints, with joy lift up your eyes • , 12 
Shout, for the Lord, the Saviour's come 3 

Th* immortal God, for me hath dy'd • 5 
To Christ, the Lord, let evVy tongue (Isi pt^ 9 
To him that lives, but once was slain , 6 

e saints^ proclaim in joyful strains * 2 



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aTTmB\JT]£S OT GOD. 
HYMN I. C. M. Scott. 

Ahiiglity, Gen. xvii. 1. 

GREAT Godj thy penetrating eye 
Pervades my inmost powers ; 
With awe profound my wondering soul 
Falls prostrate, and adores. 

2 

To be encompassed round with Gocfr 

The holy and the just ; 
Arm'd with Omnipotence to savo^ 

Or crumble me to dust 5 
3 

Oh, how tremendous is the thought ; 

Deep ma}^ it be imprest ! 
And may thy Spirit firmly grave 

This iruth within my breast 
4 

By thee observed, by thee upheld^. 

Let earth or hell oppose \ 
I'll press with dauntless courage on^ 

And dare the proudest foes. 

5 

Yes J for thy arm shall be my strei^gth* 

And thine Almighty pow'r 
Shall well fulfd thy promises^ 

And victory secuve. 




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6 

Begirt with thee, my fearless soul 

The gloomy vale shall tread ; 
And thou wilt bind ih' immortal crown 

Of glory, on my head. 

2 L. M. . Steele, 

Being of God^ Psalm civ. 
ri"l HERE is a God, all nature speaks, 
JL Thro' earth, and air, and seas, and skieri 
See, from the clouds his glory breaks, 
When the first beams of morning rise ? 

2 

Ti e rising sim, serenely bright, 
O'er the wide world's extended fram^;^ 
Inscribes, in characters of light. 
His mighty Maker's glorious name. 

3 

[The flow'ry tribes all blooming rise 
Above the weak attempts of art ; 
The smallest wc rm^, the meanest flies^ 
Speak sweet conviction to the heart.] 

4 

Ye curious minds, who roam obroad^ 
And trace creation's wonders o'er^ 
Confess the footsteps of the God, 
Bow down before him, and adore. 

3 C. M. Steele, 

Condescension of God^ 1 Kings viii* 2fc 
TERN AL Pow'r, almi^-hty God i 
JL A Who can approach thy throne ? 
Accessless lidit is th^r.e abode, 
To angei-eyes unknown. 

B2 



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2 

Before the radiance of thine eye^ 

The heavens no longer shine 5 
And all the glories of the sky 

Are but the shade of thine. 

3 

^reat God, and wilt thou condescend 

To cast a look bel'ow ? 
To this vile world thy notice bend, 

Thes€ seats of sin and woe ? 

4 

[But O ! to shew thy smiling face^ 

To bring thy glories near ! 
, Amazing and transporting grac^, 

To dwell with mortals here !] 
5 

How strange ! how awful is thy love I 

With trembling we adore ; 
■^oi all th^ exalted minds above 

Its wonders can explore. 

While golden harps and angel tongue^ 

Resound immortal lays, 
tjlreat God, permit our humble songs- 

To rise, and mean thy praise. 

4 L. Steele. 

Poiver and Dominion of God., Psalm xciiL- 
ITilHE Lord, the God of glory, reigns, 
_1_ In robes of majesty array 'd j 
His rule Omnipotence sustains, 
And guides the worlds his hands have made* 
2 

Ere rolling worlds began to move, 
Or ere the heavens were stretched abroad, 
Thy awful throne was fix'd above ^ 
From everlasting thou art God)^ 



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3 

The swelling floods tumultuous r'lse^ 
Aloud the angry tempests roar; 
Lift thei * proud billows to the skies, 
And foam and lash the trembling shore* 
4 

The Lord, the mighty God, on highj 
Controls the fiercely raging seas ; 
lie speaks ! and noise and tempest fly, 
The waves sink down in gentle peace.^ 
5 

Thy sovereign laws are ever sure^ 
Internal holiness is thine ; 
And Lord, thy people shall be pure^ 
And in thy blest resemblance shine. 

5 C. M. Rowe. 

Eieriiify of God, Psalm xc. 1, ^ 

THOU didst, O mighty God, exist 
Ere time began its race j 
Before tlie ample elements 
Fill'd up the v^oid of space, 
2 

Erfore the pondVous earthly globe 

In liuid air was stay'd ; 
lUMore the ocean's mighty springs 

Their liquid stores display^. 

3 

f Ere thro' the gloom of ancient night 
The streaks of light appeared 5 

Before the high celestial arch, 
Or starry poles were rear'd.] 
4 

Ere mtw ador'd or angels knew, 
Or prais'd thy wondrous naa^e ; 

Thy blios, (O saci'cd spring of life I } 
Acd ghvry were tlae samo* 



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5 

And when the pillars of the world, 

With sadden ruin, break ; 
And all this vast and goodl}- frame 

Sinks in the mighty wreck : 
6 

When from her orb the moon shall start^ 

Th' astonisli'd sun roll back ; 
AVhile all the trembling starry lamps 

Their ancient course forsake 5 

7 ^ ■ 
For ever permanent and fix'd, 

From agitation free ; 
Unchang'd, in everlasting years, 

Shall thy existence be. 

6 L. M. Scoff. 

God exalted above all praise ^ Neh. ix» 5 

AWAKE, my soul, attune the lyre. 
And raise to heav'n a noble song ; 
With fixed heart adore the Lord, 
And spread his praises with thy tongue. 

2 

But, O, the vast, the boundless theme, 
IXor human nor angelic mind 
^an touch the height, or sound the depth. 
W ith all their brightest powVs combin'd. 
3 

Immensely far beyond their ken 
His matchless, countless glories rise^ 
And clouds and darkness veil his face 
From the most penetrating eyes. 

4 ^ 

But should those circiina' clouds disperse, 
And the full Deity displa}^ ; — 
O'erwhelm'd with t'le refulgent blaz^, 
Th' astonish'd heav'ns would shrink away. 



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5 

Great Godj and shall a guilty worm, 
A grov'liiig insect of the night 
Take aim at heav'n, and boldly dare 
Celebrate beauties infinite ? 

6 

[Fir'd with the view, my panting soul 
Does oft her feeble pinions try, 
Ot\ she attempts in tuneful lays, 
The glories of the Deity.] 
7 

Vain efforts of a towering mind, 
Such awful mystVies to explore ! 
Wouid'st thou divine perfections praise^ 
In silent reverence adore. 

7 L. M. Keedham. 

Faithfulness of God, Num. xxiii. i9> 

YE humble saints proclaim abroad 
The honours of a faithful God ; 
How just and true are all his ways, 
How much above your highest praise ! 

2 

The words his sacred lips declare 
Of his own mind the image bear ; 
What should him tempt, from frailty fre% 
Blest in his self-sufficiency ? 

3 

He will not his great self deny ; 
A God ail truth can never lie : 
As well might he his being quit, 
As break his oath, or word forget. 

4 

Lot fricrhtenVl rivers change their cours^> 
Or barkvvard hasten to their source ; 
Swift thro' the air let rocks be hurPd, 
Vnd mountains like the chaff be Vi^hirFd* 



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5 

Let sun and stars forget to rise. 
Or quit tlieir stations in the skies ; 
Let heav'n and earth both pass awaj^y 
Eternal truth shall ne'er decaj^ 
6 

True to hi& word^ God gave his Son, 
To die for crimes which men had done 3 
Blest pledge ! he never will revoke 
A single promise he has spoke. 

[Forbearance of God. See Hymn 600 

8 i48tb. Kent. 

God precious J Psalm cxxxix. IT. 

INDULGENT God ! how kind 
Are all thy v/ays to me. 
Whose dark benighted mind 
Was enmity with thee ; 
Yet now subduVl by sovereign grace^ 
My spirit longs for thine embrace. 

2 

How precious are thy thought&j 

That o'er ray bosom roll ; 

They swell beyond my fault^^ 

And captivate my soul ; 
How gr^at their sum, how high they rlse:^ 
Can ne'er be known beneath the skies. 

3 

Preserved in Jesus, when 

My feet made haste to hell; 

And there should I have been 

But thou do'st all thincrs well ; 
Thy love was great, thy mercy free^ 
^VhicU from the pit deliver'd me. 

4 

.Before thy hands had made 
Xbe mn to rvile the d^y^ 



ATTRIBUTES OF GOD. 



Or earth's foundation laid. 

Or fashion'd Adam's clay, 
. What thoughts of peace and mercy ^ow'cl^ 
In thy dear bosom^ O my God ! 

5 

O ! fathomless abyss. 

Where hidden myst'ries lie 

The seraph finds his bliss, 

Within the same to pry : 
liord, what is man, thy desperate foe, 
That thou should'st bless, and love him S£> 

6 

A monument of grace, 

A sinner, savM by blood ; 

The streams of love I tracS 

Up to the Fountain- — God 5 
And in his sacred bosom see 
Eternal thoughts of love to me. 

9 C. M. Gibbons. 

Goodness of Gody Jer. xxxi. 12. 

THY goodness. Lord, our souls confesji 
Thy goodness we adore ; 
A spring whose blessings never fail, 
A sea without a shore ! 

2 

Sun, moon, and stars, thy love attest 

In every golden ray ; 
Love draws the curtains of the nighty 

And love brings back the day. 

3 

Thy bounty ev'ry season crownSj 

With all the bliss it yields ; 
With joyful clusters loads the vines^ 

With strengthening grain the iieldg* 



10 ATTRIBUTES OF GOD. 



4 

But chiefly thy compassion^ Lordj 

Is in the gospel seen : 
There, iike a sun, thy mercy shines. 

Without a cloud between. 

5 

Pardon, acceptance, peace, and joy. 

Thro' Jesu s name are giv'n ; 
He on the cross vyas hfred high, 

That we might reign in heav-n. 

10 0. hi. CrufJe?}. 

Greatness of God, Is iiah xl. 12 — 15. 
O ! heaven's tremendous mighty King 
• I tremble at the name !) 
Angels but faintly lisp his praise^ 
IN or half his deeds proclaim. 

2 

He rounded all the heav'aly orbs, 
He bowPd them from his hand 5 

They at his pleasure shoot along. 
Or at his bidding stand. 

3 

The same unbounded pow^r of God 

Pour'd forth the noisy deep ; 
Whose billows lash th' affrighted strand^ 

Or, hush'd by him, they sleep. 

4 

^ O praise his name, ye heavenly orbs, 

And sound his fame abroad ; 
Proclaim his j)ow'r, thou miehty deep, 

And own the hand of God.' 

PART SECOND. 

5 

His fmgers spann d the azure sky, 
Afesign d each star its place j 



ATTRIBUTES OF GOD. 



He smoothed for each a spacious road 
Thro- vast unbounded space. 

6 

He gaug'd the yielding mounds of sandj 
That smoothly line the shore ; 

And curbs th' impetuous lawless waves 
While all enragM they roar. 

7 

Each fragment of the rugged rockj^ 
In his just scales was weigh'd. 

And all the proud aspiring hills 
Were in his balance try'd, 
8 

Who led his blest unerring hand, 

Or lent him needful aid, 
AVhen on its strong unshaken base^ 

The pond' rous earth was laid ? 

9 

^ O praise his name, ye rolling worlds. 

And sound his fame abroad ; 
Ye heirs of heav'n, proclaim his pow'r;^ 

That brought you back to God.' 

PART THIRD. 

10 

Who drew creation's wondrous plan ? 

Or sketched its prospects out ? 
Who sat in council when he fix'd 

Tlie comet's tedious route ? 

11 

When nature's god-like laws were framM^ 
Who penn'd its rougher draught ? 

Who did the depth of wisdom sound ? 
Or first him knowledge taught ? 

12 

]l>u], Beino^'s uncreated source, 
»V]iQr>c sireanis from thee all How ? 



11 ATTRIBUTES OF GOD, 



Cherubic and seraphic bands 
In thy dread presence bow. 

13 

* O praise his name, ye mighty hosts^ 

And sound his fame abroad ; 
Ye ransomed seed, proclaim his grace^ 

That forni'd your hearts for God^.' 

11 L. !VL Tucker. 

Holiness ; or Perfections of God united^ 
Psalm Ixxxv. 10. 

INFCNITE grace ! and can it be, 
That heav'n's Supreme should stoop so low ! 
To visit one so vile as 1 — 
One who has been his bitterest foe \ 
2 

Can holiness and wisdom joirt 
With truth, with justice, and with grace 5 
To make eternal blessings mine, 
And sin with all its guilt, erase ? 

3 

O love ! beyond conception great^ 
That formed the vast stupendous plan ! 
Where all divine perfections meet, 
To reconcile rebellious man ! 

4 

There wisdom shines in fullest blaze, 
And justice all her rights maintains !— * 
Astonished angels stoop to gaze. 
While mercy o'er the guilty reigns. 

5 

Yes, mercy reigns, and justice too. 
In- Christ they both harmonious meet ^ 
He paid to justice all her due, 
And now he fills the mercv-seat. 



ATTRIBUTES OF GOD 



6 

Such are the wonders of our God ; 
And such th' amazing depths of grace : 
To save, from wrath's vindictive rod. 
The chosen sons of Adam's race. 

7 

With grateful songs, then, let our souls 
Surround our gracious Father's throne x 
And all between the distant poles 
His truth and mercy ever own. 

12 CM. J^eedham. 

Holiness of Gody Isaiah viii. 13. 

HOLY and rev'rend is the name 
Of our eternal King ; 
Thrice holy, Lord, the angels cry; 
Thrice holy, let us sing ! 

2 

j^Heav'n's brightest lamps with him compar' 

Are mean and look but dim ! 
The fairest angels have their spots. 

When once compared with him.] 

I. 3 
Holy is he, in all his works, 

And truth is his delight ; 
But sinners and their wicked ways 

Shall perish from his sight. 

4 • 

The deepest rev'rence of the mind. 

Pay, O my soul, to God ! 
Lift with thy hands a holy heart 

To his sublime abode. 

5 

With sacred av/e pronounce his name 
Whom words nor thoughts can reach j 

A l^roken heart shall please him more 
Than the best forms of speech* 



IS, 14 ATTRIBUTES OF GOVK 



6 

Thou holy Gcd ! preserve my soul 

From ail pollution free ; 
The pure in heart are ih}^ delightj 

And they thy face shall see. 

13 c/m. Tate & Brady.. 

Immutability of God, Psalm cii. 25 — 28 
ri^ HRO' endless years thou art the samOj 
JL O thou eternal God ! 
Ages to come shall know thy name, 
And tell thy works abroad. 

2 

The strong foundations of the earth 

Of old by thee were laid ; 
By thee the beauteous arch of heav'jfi 

With matchless skill was made. 

3 

Soon shall this goodly frame of things. 

Form'd by thy powerful handj 
Be^ like a vesture, laid a^ide. 

And chan^M at thy commands 
4 

But thy perfections all divine. 

Eternal as thy days. 
Thro' everlasting ages shine, 

•With undiminished rays, 
5 

Thy children's children still thy care 

Shall own their father's God ; 
To latest times thy favour share, 

And spread thy praise abroad,, 

14 L. M. Scott. 

IncompreliemihUity of God,^ Job xi. 7^^ 
HAT finite pow'r vvith ceaseless toil. 
Can fathom tlie eternal mind ? 
Or who th' Almighty Three and OnC;^ 
|*y searching to perfection laid ? 




ATTPvIBUTES OF GOD. 



Angels and men in vain may raise 
Harmonious, their adoring- songs ; 
Their lab'ring thoughts sink down oppresi 
And praises die upon their tongues. 

3 

Yet would I lift my trem^bling voice^ 
A portion of his ways to sing ; 
And mingling with his meanest worksj 
My humbki, grateful, tribute bring. 

[Invisible. See Hymn 311.] 

15 C. M. Bur dev. 

God is Love^ 1 John iv. 8. 

COME, ye that know and fear the Lord^ 
And lift your souls above ^ 
Xet every heart and voice accord^ 
To sing that God is love. 

o 

This precious truth, his word declares^ 

And all his mer*cies prove , 
Jesus, the gift of gifts, appears^ 

To shew, that God is love. 

3 

^ehold ! his patience lengthened out^ 

To those who from him rove ; 
And calls effectual, reach their hearts, 

To teach them, God is love. 

4 

The work begun, is carried or^, 

By pov/'r from heav'n above ; 
And evVy step, from first to last^ 
. Proclaims, that God is love. 
I 5 
JAnd O that you, whose hardened hearts^ 

No fears of hell can move ; 
May hear the gospel's milder voice, 

That tells you^ God is love. 



16 ATTRIBUTES OF GOB. 



6 

Thousands, as vile and base as you, 

Surround the throne above : 
The grace that changMj has tun'd their hearts 

To singj that God is love.] 
7 

O may we all, v^diile here below, 

This best of blessings prove ; 
Till warmer hearts, in brighter worlds, 

Shall shout, that God is love. 

i6. (. iist Hurt) C. M. Kent, 

ChrisVs Deaths the cfect of GoiVs Love to his 

chosen^ John iii. l6. 
9 ^ I ^ WAS not to make Jehovah's love 

_i_ Towar ;s the sinner flame, 
That Jesus, from his throne above, 
A sLifF'ring man became. 

2 

'Twas not the death which he endur'd^ 

Nor all the pangs he bore, 
That God's eternal love procurM, 

For God was love before. 

3 

He lovM the world of his elect. 

With love surpassing thought j 
Nor will his mercv e'er neglect 

The souls so dearly bought. 

^ 4 

The warm affections of his breast, 

Towards his children burn 5 
And in this love he'll ever rest. 

Nor from his oath return. 

* 16 (i^ecujid Purt.) 8. 8. 6. More. 

Divine Love, Rom. v 8. 

MY Gof{ ! thy boundless love we praise : 
How bright on high its glories blaze~ 



ATTRIBUTES OF GOD. 



How sweetly bloom below ! 
It streams from thy eternal throne j 
Thro' heav'n its joys for ever rmi, 

And o er the earth they flow. 

2 

'Tis love that gilds the vernal ray — 
Adorns the flowery robe of May — 

Perfumes the breathing gale ; 
^Tis love that loads the plenteous plain 
'With blushing fruits^ and golden grain. 

And smiles o'er every vale, 
3 

But in thy gospel, it appears 
i In sweeter, fairer characters, 

And charms the ravish'd breast ; 
There, love immortal leaves the sky, 
To wipe the drooping mourner's eye, 
And give the weary rest. 

4 

There smiles a kind propitious God-—' 
There flows a dying Saviour's blood, 

The pledge of sins forgiv'n , 
There God the Spirit points the way 
I P?o regions of eternal day,' 

And opens all his heav'n 
5 

Then, in redeeming love rejoice 

My soul ! — and hear a Saviour's voice. 

That calls thee to the skies , 
/Above life's empty scenes aspire — 
(Its sordid cares and mean desire — 

And sieze th' eternal prize, 

17. M. Hlackhick. 

Majesfi/ of God^ Psalm civ. 
OM'^, O my soul, in sacred lays. 
Attempt thy great Creator's praise 



15 ATTRIBUTES OF GOD. 



But, Oj v/liat tongue can speak his fame I 
What mortal verse can reach the theme ! 
2 

Enthroned amidst the radiant spheres^ 
He glory like a garment wears 5 
To form a robe of hght divine. 
Ten thousand suns around him shine, 
3 

[Before his throne r glittTing band 
Of cherubs and of seraphs stand ; 
Ethereal spirits, who in flight, 
Outwing the active rays of hght.] 
4 

To God, all nature owes its birth ; 
He form'd this ponderous globe of earth 5 
He rais'd the glorious arch on high^ 
And measured out the azure sky. 

5 

In all our Maker's grand designs, 
Omnipotence with Wisdom shines ; 
His works thro' all this wondrous fram«; 
Bear the great impress of his name. 

Rais'd on devotion's lofty wing, f 
Do thou, my coul, his glories sing ; 
And let his praise employ thy tongue, 
^Tili listening worlds applaud the song f 

18. L. M. Scott 

Mercies of God, Psalm cxxxix. 17; 18* 

THE glittering spangles of the sky. 
The sands which spread th' extended shore^ 
These could I number, yet my God 
I ne'er could count thy mercies o'er I 
2 

This curious frame, these noble pow^rsy 
To thy creating hand I owe 5 



ATTRIBUTES OF GOD, l| 



Thy providence preserves me safe. 
And crowns mv ev'ry wish below. 

3 

Oft in the visions of the night. 
My thoughts still on thy mercies rove ; 
And ev'ry midnight wakeful hour, 
I trace the wonders of thy love. 

4 

The pleasant unexhausted themes- 
Each rising morn my soul pursues ; 
In fervent pray'r ascends to thee, 
And still her grateful song renews. 

5 

Nor daySj nor nights, nor months, nor years^ 
Nor centuries would e'er suffice 
To sound th' unfathorn'd depths of love^ 
Or touch the heights, thy mercies rise. 

6 

Thy mercies. Lord, thro' endless years^ 
Shall still my rapturM powTS employ 5^ 
Yet endless years will only swell, 
JVly wonder, gratitude, and joy. 

I 19: C. M. ^. Stermett: 

Mercy and Truth united^ Psalm Ixxx v. 1 8, 
HEN first the God of boundless graco 
Disclosed his kind design 
To rescue our apostate race 
From mis'ry, shame, and sin : 
2 

Quick thro' the realms of light and bliss^ 
. The joyful tidings ran ; 
'tEach heart exulted at the news, 

' That God would dwell with man. 

3 

Yet midst their joys, they paus'd awhile^ 
And ask'd, with strange surprise, 
C 




W ATTRIBUTES OF GOD, 



<^ But how can injur- d justice smile, 
^' Or look with pitying eyes ? 

4 

Will the Almighty deign again 
To visit yonder world ; 
And hither bring rebellious men, 
Whence rebels once were hurPd. 
5 

Their tears, and groans, and deep distr^ 

Aloud for mercy call ; 
But ah ! must truth and righteousness 
^' To mercy, victims fall ? 

6 

Bo spake the friends of God and man, 

Delighted, yet surprised ; 
Eager to know the wond'rous plan, 

That wisdom had devis'd.] 

■7 • 

The son of God attentive heard, 
And quickly thus replied, 
In me let mercy be revered, 
And justice satisfied. 

8 • 

f*' Behold ! my vital blood I pouf, ^ 
A sacrifice to God ; 
Let angry justice now no more 
Demand the sinner^s blood.'' 
9 

He spake, and heav'n's high arches rung^ 
With shouts of loud applause ^ 
He died the friendly angels, sung, 
Nor cease their rapt'rous joys. 

SO 115. Wlntjield^s Col 

Divine Mercy ^ Psalm Ixxxix. 1. 

THY mercy, my God, is the theme of my 
song, [tongue ; 

The joy of my heart, and the boast of my 



ATTRIBUTES OF. GOD. 2l 



Thy free grace alone, from the first to the last. 
Hath wen my aiTections, and bound my soul fast. 
.2 

Without thy sweet mercy, I could not live here, 
Sin soon would reduce me to utter despair ; 
But tliio' thy fiee goodness, my spirits revive, 
And he that first made me still keeps me alive. 
3 

Thy mercy is more than a match for my heart, 
Which wonders to feel its own hardness depart : 
Dissolved by thy goodness, I fall to the ground, 
And weep to the praise of the mercy I found. 
4 

The door of thy mercy stands open all day,[way ; 
To.the poor and the needy, who knock by the 
No sinner shall ever be empty sent back. 
Who comes seeking mercy for Jesus's sake. 
5 

Thy mercy hi Jesus exempts me from hell ; 
Its glories I'll sing, and its wonders I'll tell : 
'Twas Jesus, my friend, when he hung on thetree. 
That open'd the channel of mercy for me. 
6 

^ Great Father of mercies ! thy goodness I own, 
And the cov'nant love of thy crucifi'd son ; 
All praise to the Spirit, whose witness divine 
Seals mercy, and pardon, and righteousness mine. 

21. C. M. Neivtoii. 

Omniscience of God, Psalm cxxxixi 

ONE glance of thine, eternal Lord, 
Pierces all nature thro' ; 
J^or heav'n, nor earth, nor hell afford 
A shelter from thy view ! 

"2 

, [The mighty whole, each smaller part, 
At once before thee hcs 5 



22 



ATTRIBUTES OF GOD. 



And ev'ry thought of ev'ry heart 
Is open to thine eyes.] 

Tho' greatly from myself concealM 
Thou see'st my mvvard frame; 

To thee I always stand reveaPd 
Exactly as I am. 

4 

Since therefore I can hardly bear^ 

What in myself I see ; 
How vile and black must 1 appear 

Most holy God, to thee ? 

5 

But since my saviour stands between^ 

In garments dyed in bloody 
'"^Tis he instead of me is seen. 

When I approach to God. 

6 

Thus, tho' a sinner, I am safe ; 

He pleads before the throne^ 
His life and death in my behalf, 

And calls my sins hi;^ own. 

What wond^rous love, what mystMeg^ 

In this appointment shine ! 
Sly breaches of the la*.v are his, 

And his obedience mine. 

2-2. C. M. BlacJdoch 

Omnijjresenc? and Omniscience of God^ 

Psalm cxxxix. 
ORD ! thou, with an unerring beam| 
M ^ Survey est all my powers ; 
My rising steps are watch'd by thee j 
By thee my resting hours. 

2 

My thoughts, scarce struggling into birth; 
^^reat God, are known to thee; 



ATTRIBUTES OF GOD. 

Abroad J at home, slill I'm iiiclos'd^ 
With thine immensity. 

3 

To thee the labyrinths of life 

In open vievy appear 5 
Nor steals a whisper from my lipS 

Without thy listening ear. 

4 

Behind I glance, and thou art there ; 

Before me, shines thy name ; 
And 'tis thy strong almighty hand 

Sustains my tender frame. 

5 

Such knowledge mocks the vain essa/ 
Of my astonisli'd mind ; 

Nor can ray reason's soaring eye 
Its tow Ting summit find. 

PAUSE. 

6 

Where from thy Spirit shall I stretch 
The pinions of m^y flight ? 

Or where thro' nature's spacious range- 
Shall I elude thv sight ? 

^7 

Scal'd I the skies; the blaze divine 
Would overwhelm my soul; 

Plung'd I to hell ; there should I Jiear 
Thine awful thunders roil. 

8 

If on a morning's darting ray 

Wltli matchless speed I rode, 

And flew to the wild lonely shore, 
That bounds the ocean's flood ; 
9 

Thitjier thine Iiand, all-present God! 
Must guide the wond'rous way^ 



23 ATTRIBUTES OF GOD, 



Jlnd thine Omnipotence support 
The fabric of my clay. 

10 

Shoukl I involve myself around 
With clouds of tenfold night. 

The clouds would shine like blazing nooB 
Before thy piercing sight. 

11 

^ If in thy being so inclos'd, 

How vain th' attempt to fly ! 

Since ev'ry rising bud of thought 
Is naked to thine eye.' 

23 L. M. Mon. 

Poiver of Gody 1 Sam. xv. 29. 

JEROVAH is a God of might. 
He fram'd the earth, he buiit the sky , 
And what he speaks is surely right, 
The strength of Israel will not lie." 
2 

Ye weary souls, with sin opprest. 
To him in every trouble fly : 
His promise is, " Fll give you rest,'^ 
The strength of Israel will not lie." 
3 

Then why sunk dov/n beneath despair ? 
To Jesu's throne of grace apply ; 
His premise }:ilead, hell hear your pray'r^ 
1 he strengih of Israel v/ill not lie." 
4 

Ask what you v/ill in Jesu's name, 
He never will your suit deny ; 
To save you from the curse he came ; 
" The strength of Israel v, ill not lie." 

5 ♦ 
Behold I I come, most gracious Lord^ 
Aiiu on thy promise now rely 5 



ATTRIBUTES OF GOD* 24^ 



In my distress, how sweet this word, 
The strength of Israel will not lie.'^ 

24 L. M. JSTeedham. 

God the Spirit J John iv. 24. 

OGOD ! thou art a Spirit pure^ 
Invisible to mortal eyes ; 
Th' immortal and th' eternal king, 
The great, the good, the only wise^ 
2 

While nature changes, and her works 
Decay, corrupt, dissolve, and die, 
Thy essence pure no change shall see, 
Secure of immortaUty, 

3 

Thou great Invisible ! what hand 
Can draw thy image spotless fair ; 
To what in heav'n, to what on earth, 
Can men th' immortal Idng compare. 

4 

Let stupid heathens frame their gods 
Of gold and silver, wood and stone ; 
Ours is the god that made the heavens 5 
Jehovah he, and God alone, 
5 

My soul, thy purest homage pay, 
In truth and spirit him adore 5 
More shall this please than sacrifice, 
Than outward forms delight him more^ 

25 L.'M Scott. 

God unchangeahley Mai. iii. G. 
^ HALL e'er tiie shadow of a change 
k3 Eclipse the origin of 1 ght ; 
Or can the hopes, wbic'j irLith has raised. 
Lie buried ia eterjial night ? 



ATTRIBUTES OF GOD. 



2 

Sooner may nature's laws reverse^ 
Revolving seasons cease their round ; 
Kor spring appear in blooming pride, 
Kor autumn be with plenty crown 'd. 

3 

Yon shining orbs forget their course, 
The sun his dcstin'd path forsake 5 
And nature lose her rapid force, 
f efore our God a change can make. 

4 

Earth may with all her works dissolve, 
(If such her great Creator's will ;) 
But " HE'', for ever is the same, 
I AM !" is his memorial still ! 

5 

{^What tho' my heav'nly father frown 
And check my follies with the rod ; 
Unchangeable his covenant stands, 
Confirmed by oath, and seaPd with blood.] 

26 L. M. Keedham. 

Wisdom and K?iQtvIedge of God^ Job xii. 

AWAKE my tongue, thy tribute bring 
To him, who gave thee pow'r to sing 
Praise him, who is all praise above, 
The source of wisdom and of love. 

Kow vast his knowledge ! how profound ! 
A depth where all our thoughts are drovvn'd 

he numbers, and their names 
He gives to all these heavenly flames. 

3 

Thro' each bright world above, beliold ! 
Ten thousand thousand charms unfold ; 
Fr rth, air, and mighty seas combine. 
To speak his wisdom all divine. 



THE BIRTH OF CHRIST. 27 



But in redemption, O what grace ! 
To saye the sons of Adam's race ; 
Here wisdom shines for ever bright. 
Praise him my soul with sweet dehght. 



CHRIST. 

HIS MISSION, BIRTH, LIFE, SUFFERINGS, DEATH^ 
RESURRECTION, ASCENSION, AND 
EXALTATION, 

sr. 8. 4. Medley. 

Mission of Christy Psalm xL J, Heb. x. 7 — 10** 

WHOM shall I send ?" the Father cries 5 
" Lo ! I am here," the Son replies 5 
^' I'll veil my glories, all divine, 

And to mine own, man's nature join^ 
That bright in glory he may shine 
" To endless day. 
2 

1*^ ni satisfy the law's demands, 
^' For all who're giv'n into my hands 5 
The bitter cup for them I'll drink, 
Nor shall my chosen ever sink ; 
I'll raise them from th' infernal brink 
" To endless day." 
3 

Constrain'd by everlasting love, 
Tie left the shining realms above ; 
In sorrows spent his life on earth, 
And then, on Calv'ry vanquish'd death ; 
'Tis fmish'd !" said his dying breath, 
" To endless day»" 
C 2 



25 THE BIRTH OF CHRIST. 



4 

My ministers I'll send abroad, 
^' To call my ransomM back to God ; 
^' Them I'll conduct with tender care, - 
And bring where those bright mansions ar^ 
Whicj^ I for all my saints prepare, 
" To endless day.'^j 

28. (First Part ) L. M. Anoiu 

Birth of Chrktj Luke ii. 10—14. 

FIRST SHEPHERD. 

AT this unwonted hour behold 
How strange the midnight skies appear- 
How ail yon east is streak'd with gold^ 
As if the opening morn was near. 

SECOND SHEPHERD. 

2 

I mark if ! now the streams unite, 
One pillar now of moving iight ; 
My soul too shakes, it sinks, it dies I 
See, thro' the air the vision ilies ! 

THIRD SHEPHERD. 

3 

Heav'n shield us ! lo ! 'tis just at hand^ 
Surely some strange event impends ; 
Above our heads it seems to stand : — 
Ah ! now the dazzling blaze descends j 

GABRIEL. (8. 8. d) 

4 

Ye shepherds, all your fears resign, 
I come not armM with wrath divine, 

But fraught with heav'nly love : 
The news, the welcome news, I bring, 
Sounds high from evVy sacred stringy 

Thro' all yon realms above. 



THE BIRTH OF CHRIST. 28 



5 

I come, and 'tis a blest employ ; 
I come the messenger of joy; 

Go, publish wliat I sing : 
Earth is no more a scene forlorn, 
This night the promlsM seed is born^ 

Your Saviour and your King. 
6 

At BethPem in a manger lies 

The swaddled babe : — let raptures rlse^ 

And hail the glorious morn ; 
Go, spread the news the world around, 
'Till evVy heart shall catch the sound, 
^ And sing a Saviour born. 

CHORUS OF Ax\GELS. 

Glory to God, in strains 'till now unknown : 
From ev'ry glowing seraph round his throne p 
Peace to this globe, all worlds admire the plaa 
Of heav'ns free, vast benevolence to man ! 

^38. (Second Part) L/M. H—, 

W BirtJi of Christ, Matt. ii. 9. 

BEHOLD the day ! th' appointed day! 
The prophecies are all f:iifilPd ! 
The day wliich Abrah'ni long'd to see^ 
Which ushers in the holy child. 

2 

Angelic legions catch the flame, 
And down to earth they wing their way : 
They hail the sheplierds, and proclaim^ 
" Jesus the God is born to-day 1^^ 
3 

[Behold, the sun of righteousness 
Rises to shed his healing rays ; 
Ye sons of men rejoice and bless 
The saered morn, the day of grace ] 



I 



28 THE BIRTH OF CHRIST, 



4 

A wond'rous star in heav'n appears^ 
The herald of tlie new-born king ! 
Who comes to banish all our fears, 
And a complete salvation bring. 

5 

[This type of Jacob's brilliant star, 
whose matchless glories shine abroad; 
Guided the sages from afar, 
To worship the incarnate God. 

6 

The blazing meteor wav'd on high. 
And led them thro' the unknown road 5 
Guided to Judah's land, their way, 
And hover'd o'er his mean abode.J 
7 

The infant Saviour, and their God, 
FilFd their whole souls with strange surprise f 
They ownM his pow'r, confessed him Lord^^ 
And paid their offerings and their praise. 
8 

[Thus may we seek the Saviour's face^ 
And bow before his sacred throne ! 
O may we feel his saving grace, 
And triumph in the Lord^lone.] 

S8 (Third Pt.) L. M. DeCoeflogi 

Birth of Christy Isaiah ix. 6. 7* 

TO us a child is born from heav'n ; 
To us the son of God is giv'n ; 
[So Judah's ancient prophet sings. 
And gentiles hail the news he brings. 

2 

Gentiles in Jesu's name shall trust. 
And of his glories make their boast ;] 
The government, of worlds he made^ 
Upon his shoulders shall be laid. 



THE BIRTH OF CHRIST 



3 

His name, the Wonderful shall be ; 
His wonders, heav'n and earih shall see : 
The Counsellor, of truth and grace, 
Who leads in paths of righteousness. 

4 

The Mighty God, that glorious nanTe, 
His works and word join to proclaim 5 
The everlasting Father, He — 
And the whole church his family. 

5 

The Prince of Peace, on David's throne. 
And nations yet unborn, shall own 
His sov'reigri, and his gracious sway 5 
Glad of the honour, to obey. 

6 

Justice and Judgment, he'll maintain,— »y 
To everlasting ages, reign ; 
And his blest empire shall increase, 
'"Till time, with all its movements, ceas^i 
7 

[Our faith in grateful triumph boasts 
These wonders, of the Lord of Hosts : 
And trusts the zeal that form'd the plaQ 
To perfect what that zeal began.] 

29. L. M. 

Birth of Christy Luke ii. 11 — 14. 

AWAKE, arise, and hail the morn, 
For unto us a Saviour's born ; 
See, how the angels wing their way, 
To usher in the glorious day. 

2 

Hark ! what sweet music, what a song, 
Sounds from the bright celestial ihrciig ! 
Sweet song — whose melting sounds impai 
Joy to each raptur'd listening heart. 



so THE BIRTH OF CHRIST. 



3 

Come, join the angels in the sky, 

Giory to God, who reigns on high :' 
Let peace and love on earth abound. 
While time revolves and years roll round, 

30 C. M. Medley. 

Birth of Cliristj Luke ii. 14. 
ORTALS, awake, with angels joi% 
And chant the solemn lay ; 
Jo}^, love, and gratitude, combine; 
To hail th' auspicious day. 

2 

In heav'n the rapturous song beganj 

While sweet seraphic fire, 
Thro' all the shining legions ran, 

And tun'd the golden lyre. * 
3 

Swift thro' the vast expanse it ilew, • 

And loud the echo rolPd ; 
The theme, the song, the joy was new, 

'Twas more than heav'n could hold. 
4 

Down thro' the portals of the sky 

Th' impetuous torrent ran ; 
And angels flew with eager joy 

To bear the news to man. 

5 

[Wrapt in the silence of the night 

Lay all the eastern world. 
When bursting, glorious, heav'nly light 

The wondrous scene unfurl'd.J 
6 

Hark ! the cherubic armies shout, 

Ai'd glory leads the song: 
GooJ-wili and peace are heard throughout 

Th' harmonious heav'niv throng. 




THE BIRTH OF CHRIST. 
7 

Hail, Prince of Life ! for ever hail, 

Redeemer, brother, friend ! 
Tho^ earth, and time, and life should fail 

Thy praise shall never end. 

31 S. M. RylancL 

Birth of Christy Heb. ii, l6. 

YE saints, proclaim abroad 
The honours of your King ; 
To Jesus, your incarnate God^ 
Your songs of praises sing. 

2 

Not angels round the throne 
Of majesty above, 
Are half so much obligM as we^ 
To our Immanuel's love. 

3 

Thej^ never sunk so low, 
They are not raisM so high ; 
They never knew such depths of woe^ 
Such heights of majesty. 

■ 4 

[Less favour'd were the powers, 
Who in his image stood ; 
Their crowns are cheaper far thanour$j 
Nor cost the Lamb his blood. 

The Saviour did not join 
Their nature to his own ; 
For them he shed no blood divine^ 
Nor breath'd a single groan.] 
6 

May we with angels vie, 
The Saviour to adore ; 
Our debts are greater far than theif^ 
O be our praises more J 



33 tHE BIRTH OF CHRIST. 



33 148th, JVeedhaniy altered.! 

Birth of Christ, Luke ii. 11 — 14. 
WAKE 5 awake, arise, 
And hail the glorious morn : 
Hark ! how the angels sing, 
To you a Saviour's born 
Now let our hearts in concert move. 
And ev^ry tongue be tunM by love. 

2 

He, mortals came to save 

From sin's tyrannic pow^r : 

Come, with the angels sing, 

At this auspicious hour ; 
Let ev'ry heart and tongue combine, 
To praise the love, the grace divine. 

3 

The prophecies and types 

Are all this day fulfilPd : ' 

With eastern sages join, 

To praise this wondrous child : 
God's only Son is come to bless 
The earth with peace and righteousness. 
4 

Glory to God on high, 

For our ImmanuePs birth ! 

To mortal men good-will, 

And peace and joy on earth ! 
With angels now we will repeat 
Their songs, still new and ever sweet. 

33 (First Part.) 8. 8. 6. 

Birth of Christy Luke it, 8 — 14. 
"HILE shepherds watch'd their feeey 
care ; 

And midnight shades invest the air ; 
And veil the fiow'ry plain : 



THE BIRTH OF CHRIST. 



T.o ! from the skies a flood of light^ 
Like lightning on the shepherd's sight^ 
Surprised each prostrate swain. 

2 

Then from the cloud a cherub broke. 
And thus in mortal accents spoke ; 
(But v/ith a friendly voice :) 
The day is come, so long foretold, 
By ancient bards and saints of old : 
^' Let all the earth rejoice.] 
3 

Now to the world, a Saviour's born ; 
^' Ye shepherds hail the glorious morn 
And seek the new-born King ; 
In BethPem's city, view the God, — 
Then haste away, and spread abroad 
" The tidings that I bring."' 
4 

The cherub ceas'd ; — then quick as light, 
Starts from the skies a dazzling sight ; 

Myriads of angels round : — 
Each tun'd their harps of thousand strings, 
And darted from their shining wings 

Their lustre on the ground. 

5 

Thus sung th' angelic hosts of heav'n, 
^' A ll glory to our God be giv'n 5 . 

" And unto mortals peace 
In chorus join the choir above, 
i For God's unbounded, matchless love, 

In songs that never cease. 

IW| (Second S^ai:t.) 
P Birth of Christ, Luke ii. 8—15. 
HILE shepherds watch their Hocks 
night. 
All seated on the ground. 



33 THE LIFE OF CHRIST. 



The angel of the Lord came down, 
And glory shone around. 

o 

Fear not,-' said he, for mighty dread 

Had seiz'd their troubled mind ; 
Glad tidings of great joy I bring 

" To you and all mankind. 

3 

^' To you, in David's town, this day. 

Is born of David's line, 
^ The Savioue, who is Christ the Lord ; 
" And this shall be the sign. 

4 

The Heavenly Babe you there shall find, 
'* To human view display^, 
All meanly w^rapp'd in swathing bands, 
" And in a manger laid.^' 
5 

Thus spake the seraph and forthwith 

Appeared a shining throng 
Of angels praising God. Vvdio thus 

Addressed their jovful song : 
6 

All glory be to God on high. 
And to the earth be peace ; 
^' Good will, henceiorch, from heaven to men 
^- Begin, and never cease.'' 

'~~TmrLIFE OF~CHRmr. 
33 C. M. Doddridge. 

His Message, Luke i v. 18. j9. 

¥3~ARK ! t]iG glad souikL the Sa\iour comes, 
^_ J_ The ^::a\ioiu' ri oniis'd Ion:; ! 
Let ev'jy heart pie>:'r;re a throne, 
ATid ev'ry voice a soag;. 



THE LIFE OF CHRIST, 54 

2 

He comesj the prisoners to release^ 

In Satan's bondage held : 
The gates of brass before him bursty 

And iron fetters yield. 

3 

He comes, from thickest films of vice^ 

To clear the mental ray ; 
And, on the eyes oppressM with nighty 

To pour celestial day. 

4 

He comes, the broken heart to bind. 

The bleeding soul to cure ; 
And with the treasures of his grace^ 

T' enrich the humble poor. 

5 

He comes, with pardons down to earth » 
For rebels doom'd to die ; 
To preach the year of sweet release,^ 
The year of jubilee.'] 
6 

Our glad hosannas, Prince of peace, 

Thy welcome shall proclaim ; 
And heav'n's eternal arches ring, 

With thy beloved name. 

34 8, 7. 4. Rohinson. 

Praise to Christ, Heb. i. 3. 6. 8. 
"M/fTGHTY God! while angels bless thee^ 
J_T_iL IMaj' an infant lisp thy name ? 
Lord of men, as well as angels, 

Thou a.rt ev"ry creature's theme : 
Hallelujah, 

• HaiieiLijah, Hallelujah, Amen. 

2 

Lord, of evVy land and nation^ 
Ancient of eternal days ! 



54 THE LIFE OF CHRIST, 



Sounded thro' the wide creation 
Be thy just and lawful praise. 

3 ^l^lH 

For the grandeur of thy nature, — mKtm' 

Grand beyond a seraph's thought ; "^W^^ 
For created works of power, 

Works with skill and kindness wrought : Hal 
4 

[For thy providence, that governs 
Thro' thine empire's wide domain : 

Wings an angel, guides a sparrow ; 

Blessed be thy gentle reign. Hal 
5 

But thy rich, thy free redemption, 

Dark thro' brightness all along : 
Thought is poor, and poor expression : 

Who dare sing that awful song ? 

6 

Brightness of the Father's glory, 

Shall thy praise unuttered lie ? 
Fly, my tongue, such guilty silence ! 

Sing the Lord who came to die. Hal 
7 

Did archangels sing thy coming ? 

Did the shepherds learn their lays ? — 
Shame would cover me ungrateful, 

Should my tongue refuse to praise. HaL 
8 

[From the highest throne in glory , 

To the cross of deepest woe 5 
All to ransom guilty captives : 

Flow, my praise, for ever flow. Hafe 
^9 

Go, return, immortal Saviour ! 

Leave thy footstool, tal;e thy throne : 
Thence return, and reitAU for ever. 

Be the kingdom all thy own. Hallelujah^ &c.] 



THE LIFE OF CHRIST. 35. S6 



35. L. M. Doddridge. 

Christ's Transfiguration^ JMatt. xvii. 4,. 
r"^/^/ ^^^^ ^ distance, Lorclj we trace 
[_ f f The various glories of thy face, 
What transport pours o'er all our breast ! 
And charms our cares and woes to rest. 

At 

With thee in the obscurest cell, 
On some bleak mountain would I dwell^ 
Rather than pompous courts behold, 
And share their grandeur and their gold.] 
o 

Away, ye dreams of mortal joy ! 
Raptures divine my thoughts employ j 
I see the King of glory shine ; 
And feel his love, and call him mine. 

4 

On Tabor, thus his servants viewM 
His lustre, when transformed he stood ; 
And, bidding earthly scenes farewell, 
Cri'd, " Lord, 'tis pleasant here to dwelLU 
5 

Yet still our elevated eyes 
To nobler visions long to rise ; 
That grand assembly would we join, 
Wdiere ail thy saints around thee shine. 
6 

That mount, how bright ! those forms, how faix ! 
'Tis good to dwell for ever there ! 
Come death, dear envoy of my God, 
p^^nd bear me to that blest abode. 

36 L. M. Gibbons. 

Meditating on the Cross of Christ , Gal, iii. Ig, 

SEE on the mount of Calvary, 
Upon a cross suspended high^ 



S6 THE SUFFERINGS OF CHRIST. 



A harmless siiff Ter, cover'cl o'er 
AVitli siiamej and weltTing in his gore. 

2 

[Is this the Son^ the Sent of Godj 
To mle the nations with his rod ? 
This the predicted Sun, that brings 
Life and salvation on his wings ?j 
3 

Is this the Saviour long foretold, 
To usher in tiie age of gold ? 
To make the reign of sorrows cease, 
And bind the jarring world in peace ? 

4 

*Tis he, 'tis he, — he kindly shrouds 
His glories in a night of clouds, 
That souls might from their ruin rise^ 
And gainth' imperishable skies, 
5 

iSee, to their refuge and their rest, 
Vom all the bonds of guilt releas'dj 
Transgressors to his cross repair, 
And find a full redemption there.] 
6 

Jesus, what millions of our race 
Have been the trophies of thy grace ! 
And millions more to thee shall fly^ 
And on thy sacrifice rely ! 

7 

That tree, that curse — empoisoriM tree^ 
Which provM a bloody rack to thee j 
Shall in the noblest blessings shoot, 
And fill the nations with its fruit. 



[The sorrow, shame, and death, were thin^^^- 
And all the stores of wrath divine 
Ours are the glory, life, and bliss ; 
What love can be compared to this 



THE SUFFERINGS, &c. 37, 38 



37 L. M. Steele. 

Dying Saviour^ Mark xv. 32 — 37. 

STRETClPD on the cross, the Saviour dieS; 
Hark ! bis expiring groans arise ! 
See, how the sacred crimson tide 
Flows from his hands, his feet his side ! 
2 

But hfe attends the death-ful sound, 
And flows from ev'ry bleeding wound ; 
The vital stream, how free it flows 
To save and cleanse his rebel foes ! 

o 
O 

suffer in the traitor's place, 
To die for man — surprising grace ! 
Yet pass rebellious angels by— 
O why for man, dear Saviour, why ? 

4 

[And didst thou bleed ? — ^for sinners bleed ?— 
And could the sun behold the deed ? 
No ! he withdrew his sick'ning ray. 
And darkness veiPd the mourning day.] 
5 

Can I survey this scene of woe 
Where mingling grief and wonder flow| 
And yet my heart unmov'd remain, 
Insensible to love or pain ? 

6 

Come, dearest Lord ! thy grace impart^ 
To warm this cold, this stupid heart ; 
'Till all its pow'rs and passions move 
In melting grief, and ardent love. 

38 C, M. Stennett. 

Dying Saviour^ John xii. 32. Mark xy. 39; 

YOJNDER, — cimazing sight ! — I see 
Th' incarnate Son of God 
Expiring on th' accursed tree, 
And welt'ring in his blood. 



THE SUFFERINGS 



Behold the purple torrents run 
Down from his hands and head ! 

The crimson tide puts out the sun 5 
His groans awake the dead. 

3 

The trembling earth, the darkened sk}^, 

Proclaim the truth aloud 5 
Andj with th' amaz'd centurion, cry . 

" This is the Son of God 
4 

So great, so vast a sacrifice 

May well my hope revive ; 
If God's own Son thus bleeds and dies, 

The simier sure must live. 

39 M. Kexvton. 

Christ suffering on the Cross ^ John xix. 36. 

WHEN Jesus hung upon the tree, 
In agonies and blood. 
He fixt his languid eyes on me, 
As near his cross I stood. 

2 

-Sure never 'till my latest breath 

Can 1 forget that look ; 
It seem'd to charge me with his death, 

Tho' not a v/ord he spoke. 

3 

[My conscience felt, and ownM the guilt, 

And plung'd me in despair ; 
I saw my sins, his* blood had spilt, 

And help'd to nail him there,] 
4 

A second look he gave, which said, 
" I freely all forgive ; 
This blood is for thy ransom paid^ 
^' I die that thou may'st iive.'^ 



DEATH OF CHRIST. 40 



5 

[ With pleasing grief and mournful joy^ 

My spirit now is filPd, 
That I should such a life destroy. 

Yet live by him I kiiPd.] 

40 C. M. Humphrys^ Col. 

Christ suffering on the Cross. 
^ r 1 1 WAS in an hour when wrath prevaiFd» 

JL And pow'rs of darkness rose, 
A sudden groan my ear assail'd, 
Expressing dying woes. 

2 

I turn'dj — ^then wonder'd as I stood; 

At what mine eyes surveyM ! 
A prince expiring in his blood, 

And on a cross displayed ! 

3 

1 knew him, — tho' his thorny crown 

DimmM his majestic air 5 — 
Then I demanded with a frown, 
W^hat traitor fix'd him there 
4 

No answer to my voice I heard, 

Nor could discern a foe ; 
When lo ! his fainting head he reared. 

And spake in words of woe : 
5 

^' Cease wretch, from vain inquiry rest, 

" My cruel murd'rer see ; 
''^ Thy sins have rent my bleeding breast, 
And naiPd me to the tree.'' 
6 

^'rembling I fell, and kissM his wounds, 

And wip'd the gore away ; 
I saw him smooth his killing frowns, 

And heard him gentlv say : 



41 



THE DEATH AND 



7 

Rise, let thy heart its griefs compose^ 
" Thy Saviour can forgive ; 
He feels the burden of thy woes, 
" And dies to bid thee live." 

41 L. iVl. Watts. 

€hrist dying y risings and reigning^ Rom. iv. 

iJE dies ! the friend of sinners dies ! 
_1_ Lo ! Salem's daughters weep around 
A solemn darkness veils the skies ! 
A sudden trembling shakes the ground ! 
2 

Come, saints, and drop a tear or two 
For him who groan'd beneath your load ^ 
He shed a thousand drops for you, 
A thousand drops of richer blood 1 
3 

Here's love and grief beyond degree ! 
The Lord of gl©ry dies for men ! 
But lo ! what sudden joys we see I 
Jesus from death revives again ! ' 

4 , 
The rising God, forsakes the tomb i | 
Up to his father's courts he flies ; ; 
Cherubic legions guard him home, | 
And shout him welcome to the skies J • 

5 

Break off your tears, ye saints, and tell^ 
How high our great deliv'rer reigns ! 
Sing how he spoil'd the hosts of hell. 
And led the monster, death, in chains I ' 
6 : 
Say, liv^e for ever wond'rous King, J 
^ Born to redeem, and s • ong to save !'^ 
Then ask the monster, " where 's thy sting 
^^A»d where'^ thy victory , boasting grave 



RESURIIECTION OF CHRIST. 42, 



42 L. M. Stt^ele. 

Chrisfs dying Love^ 2 Cor. v. 14. 15. 

SEE, Lord, thy willing subjects bow. 
Adoring low before thy throne 5 
Accept our humble, cheerful vow ; 
Thou art our sov'reign, thou alone* 
2 

Beneath thy soul—reviving ray, 
E'en cold affliction's wintry gloom 
Shall brighten into vernal day. 
And hopes and joys immortal bloom, 

3 

Smile on our souls, and bid us sing 
In concert with the choir above, 
The glories of @ur Saviour King, 
The condescensions of his love. 

4 

He died, to raise to life and joy 
The vile, the guilty, the undone; 
O ! let his praise each hour employ, 
'Till hours no more their circles run ! 

5 

H^ died ! — ye seraphs, tune your songs ! 
Besound ihe Saviour's sacred nanie 5 
For nought below immortal tongues, 
Can ever reach the wondrous theme, 

43 L. M. Perry. 

It is Christ that died, Rom. viii. o4, 

SINNERS rejoice, it's Christ that died, 
, . Behold the blood flows from his side^ 
To wash your souls and raise you high, 
To dwell with God above the sky. 

2 

It's Christ that died, O love divine ! 
fiere mercy, truth, and justice shine 5 



44 



THE DEATH AND 



God reconciPd, and sinners bought 
With Jesu's blood ; — how sweet the thought ! 
3 

It's Christ that died, a truth indeed 
On w^hich my faith would ever feed • 
Nor let the works that I perform 
Be namM, to swell an haughty worm. 

4 

It's Christ that died, it's Christ was slain, 
To save my soul from endless pain ; 
It's Christ that died shall be my theme, 
While I have breath to praise his name. 

44 L. M. Steele. 

Christ dying and risings Acts ii. 32 — 36* 

COME tune, ye saints, your noblest strains^ 
Your dying, rising Lord, to sing j 
And echo to the heav'nly plains, 
The triumph's of your Savioiu' king. 

2 

In songs of grateful rapture tell 
How he subdu'd your potent foes ; 
Subdu'd the pow'rs of death and hell, 
And dying, finish'd all your woes. 

3 

Then to his glorious throne on high 
Return'd, while hymning angels round, » 
Thro' the bright arches of the sky, 
The God, the conqu'ring God, resound. 
4 

Almighty love, victorious pow'r ! 
Not angel-tongues can e'er display 
The wonders of that dreadful hour, 
The joys of tha,t illustrious day. 

5 

Then well may mortals try in vain^ 
In vain their feeble voices raise ^ 



RESURRECTION OF CHRIST. 45, 46 



Yet Jesus hears the humble strain, 
And kindly owns our wish to praise, 
6 

Dear Saviour, let thy wondrous grace 
Fill ev'ry heart, and ev'ry tongue, 
'Till the full glories of thy face 
Inspire a sweeter, nobler song. 

45 8. 7. Robinson. 

Gazing on the Cross ^ Gal. vi. 14. 

SWEET the moments, rich in blessings 
Which before the cross 1 spend ! 
Life and health, and peace possessing 
From the sinner's dying friend. 

2 

Here I'll sit, forever viewing 
Mercy's streams, in streams of blood ; 
Precious drops my soul bedewing. 
Plead and claim my peace with God. 

3 

Here it is I find my heaven, 
I While upon the Lamb I gaze ; 
j Here I see my sins forgiven ; 
i Lost in w onder, love and praise, 
4 

May I still enjoy this feeling, 
In all need to Jesus go ; 
j Prove his blood each day more healing. 
And himself more deeply know. 

46 L. M. Wallin. 

He is risen indeed^ Mark xvi. 6. 

WHEN I the lonely tomb survey. 
Where once my Saviour deign'd to lie ; 
1 I see fulfiPd what prophets say, 
VVnd all the pow'r of death defy. 



47 RESURRECTION OF CHRIST. 



2 

This empty tomb shall now proclaimj 
How weak the bands of conquered death : 
Sweet pledge ! — that all who trust his name 
Shall rise, and draw immortal breath ! 

3 

[Our sm'ety, freed, declares us freej 
For whose offences he was seizM : 
In his release, our own we see, 
And shout to view Jehovah pleasM.] 
4 

Jesus, once numbered with the dead, 
Unseals his eyes to sleep no more ; 
And ever lives, their cause to plead, 
For whom the pains of death he bore. 

5 

Thy risen Lord, my soul, behold I 
See, the rich diadem he wears ! 
Thou too shalt bear an harp of gold, 
To crown thy joy when he appears. 

6 

p Tho' in the dust I lay my head. 
Yet, gracious God, thou wilt not leave 
My flesh for ever with the dead. 
Nor lose thy children in the grave.'] 

47 L M. Harf. 

Resurrection of Christ, Luke xxiv. 4 — 7* 

UPRISING from the silent, tomb. 
See the victorious Jesus come ! 
I'h' Almighty Captive quits the pris'n. 
And angels tell, " the Lord is ris'n.'' 
2 

Ye mourning saints, no longer grieve ; 
Hear the glad tidings, and believe j 
God's holy law is satisfied. 
And justice, now, is on your side* 



RESURRECTION OF CHRIST. 48 



3 

When ye in guilt's dark dungeon lay, 
Mercy cried " spare/' and justice " stay;'^ 
But Jesus answer'dj " set them free, 
" Forgive their guilt, and punish me.'^ 
4 

Your surety, now, before your God, 
Pleads the rich ransom of his blood | 
No new demand, no bar remains, 
But mercy, all triumphant, reigns. 

5 

Believers, bless your risen head, 
The first begotten from the dead ; 
Your resurrection's sure thro' his, 
To endless life, and boundless bliss. 

48 L. M. Hoskins: 

Joseph my Son is yet alive, Gen. xlv. 28* 

YE mourning souls, dry up your tears, 
Dismiss your gloomy groundless fears. 
And let your hearts with this revive, 
That Jesus Christ is yet alive. 

2 

His saints he loves, and never leaves ; 
The chief of sinners he receives ; 
Let then your hearts with this revive^ 
The sinner's friend is yet alive. 

3 

He'll guard your souls from ev'ry ill^ 
His largest promises fulfil ; 
Then let your hearts with this revive^ 
That Jesus Christ is yet alive. 

4 

[What tho' you fear to launch away^ 
And quit this tenement of clay ; 
() let your hearts with this revive. 
That Jesus Christ is yet alive.] 



49 CHRIST'S RESURRECTION 



Abundant grace ke will afford, 
^Till you are present with the Lord ; 
And prove what you have heard before^ 
That Jesus lives for ever more. 

49 7s. Cudxvorth^s Col. 

Chrisfs Resurrection^ Matt, xxvii. 66. xxviii. 
1 Cor. XV. 55, 56. 

HARK ! the herald angels say, 
Christ, the Lord, is ris^n to-da}^ ! 
Raise your joys and triumphs high 5 
Let the glorious tidings fly. 

2 

Love's redeeming work is done, — 
Fought the fight, the battle won 5 
Lo ! the sun's eclipse is o'er ! 
Lo ? he sets in blood no more ! 

3 

Vain the stone, the watch, the sea], 
Christ has burst the gates of hell 5 
Death in vain forbids his rise, 
Christ hath open'd paradise ! 

4 

Lives again our glorious king ! 
^' Where, O death, is now thy sting 
Once he died our souls to save 5 — 
^' Where's thy victory, boasting grave 
5 

What tho' once we perish M all^ 
Partners of oiu* parent's fall 5 
Second life we now receive^ 
And in Christ for ever live. 

6 

Hail ! thou dear almighty Lord, 
ail ! thou great incarnate Word 5 

Hail ! thou suff 'ring Son of God, 

Take the trophies of thy blood.'] 



AND ASCENSION. 



50 7s. Gibbons, 

Cltrisfs Resurrection and Ascension, 
/I NGELS ! roll the rock away ! 
JTJL Death ! yield up thy mighty prey \ 
See i the Saviour quits the tomb. 
Glowing with immortal bloom. Hal. 

2 

Shout, ye seraphs, Gabriel, raise 
Fame's eternal trump of praise ! 
Lei the earth's remotest bound, 
Echo to the bhssful sound. Hal. 

3 

Now, ye saints, lift up your eyes ! 
See the conqu'ror mount the skies 
Troops of angels on the road, 
Hail, and sing th' incarnate God. HaJi 
4 

Heav'n unfolds her portals wide ! 
Glorious Hero ! thro' them ride ! 
King of Glory ! mount thy throne,— 
Boundless empire is thine own. Hal* 
5 

Praise him, ye celestial choirs ! 
Praise, and sweep your golden lyres ! 
Praise him in the noblest songs. 
From ten thousand, thousand tongues. Hal 
6 

[Every note to rapture swell; 
Sing the pow'rs of death and hell 
Dragg'd in chains behind his wheels, 
Each the wreck eternal feels. Hal, 
7 

Let Immanuel be ador'd, 
Ransom, mediator, Lord ; 
To creation's utuiost, bound. 
Let th' iiiimortul praise resound. Hal.] 
D 2 



^3 EXALTATION OF CHRIST, 



The King of saints, and angels too ! 
€rod over all; for ever blest ! 

53 (First Pt.) L. M. Doddridge. 

Kei/s of the unseen World in Christ's Hand^ 
Rev* i. 18. 

HAIL to the Prince of Life and Peace, 
Who holds the keys of death and hell ! 
The spacious world unseen is his. 
And sovereign pow^r becomes him welL 
2 

Tn shame and torment once he died ; 
£ut now he lives for evermore : 
i3ow down, ye saints, around his seat, 
And all ye angel-bands adore. 

3 

Live, live for ever, glorious Lord, 
To crush thy foes, and guard thy friends ; 
While all thy chosen tribes rejoice, 
That thy dominion never ends. 

4 

Worthy thy hand to hold the keys ; 
Guided by wisdom, and by love ; 
Worthy to rule o'er mortal life. 
O'er worlds below, and worlds above. 

5 

When death thy servants shall invade, 
When pow'rs of hell thy church annoy, 
ControuPd by thee, their rage shall help 
The cause they laboured to destrov. 

6 

For ever reign, victorious King-, 
Wide thro' the earth thy name be knov. n j 
And call my longing soul to sing 
Sttbhmer anthems near thy throne. 



EXALTATION OF CHRIST. 53 



53 (Second Part.) L. M. Steele. 

Christ exalted, Aets v. 31. 

NOW let US raise our cheerful strains^ 
And join the blissful choir above 5 
There our exalted Saviour reigns, 
And there they sing his wond'rous love. 

2 

While seraphs tune th' immortal songj 
O5 may we feel the sacred flame ; 
And evVy heart, and evTy tongue 
Adore the Saviour's glorious name ! 

3 

Jesus, who once upon the tree 
In agonizing pains expir'd ; 
Who died for rebcPs — yes 'tis he ! 
How bright ! how lovely ! how admir'd ! 
4 

Jesus, who died that we might live, — 
Died in the wretched traitor's place 
Oh ! what returns can mortals give 
For such unbounded matchless grace ! 

5 

[Were universal nature ours, 
And art with all her boasted s^ore : 
Nature and art, with all their pow'rs. 
Would still confess the offerer poor ! 

6 

Vet though for bounty so divine ! 
W\^ ne'er can equal honours raise ; — - 
Jesus, may all our hearts be thine. 
And all our tongues proclaim thy praise !} 



[See also Hymn 130.] 



54,55 CHARACTERS OF CHRIST. 



CHRIST. 

HIS CHAEACTERS, NAMES, OFFICES, TITLES, 8zC^ 
ALPHABETICALLY ARRANGED. 

54 L. M. Steele. 

Advocate, 1 John, ii. 1. 

WHERE is my God ? does he retire 
Beyond the reach of humble sighs ? 
Are these weak breathings of desire. 
Too languid to ascend the skies ? 

2 

No, Lord ! my breathings of desire, 
My v/eak petitions, if sincere, 
Are not forbidden to aspire. 
But reach to thy all-gracious ear. 

3 

Look up, my soul, with cheerful eye, 
See where the great Redeemer stands :— 
The glorious Advocate on high, 
With precious incense in his hands. 

4 

He smiles on ev^ry humble groan, 
He recommends each broken prayer ; 
Recline thy hope on him alone. 
Whose pow'r and love forbid despair. 

5 

[Teach my weak heart, O gracious Lord, 
\¥ith stronger faith to call thee mine ; 
Bid me pronounce the bhssful word. 
My Father, God, with joy divine.] 

55. L. Anon. 

All in All, Col. iii. 11. 

IN Christ, I Ve all my souPs desire ^ 
Kis Spirit does my heart inspire 



CHARACTERS OF CHRIST. 56 



With boundless wishes large and high, 
And Christ will all my wants supply. 

2 

Christ is my hope, my strength, and guide. 
For me he bled, and groanM and died j 
He is my sun^ to give me light, 
He is my soul's supreme delight. 

3 

Christ is the source of all my bliss, 
My wisdom, and my righteousness ; 
My Saviour, Brother, and my Friend^ 
On him alone I now depend. 

4 

Christ is m}^ King, to rule and bless^ 
And all my troubles to redress ; 
He's my salvation and my all. 
Whatever on earth shall me befal. 

5 

Christ is my strength and portion too, 
My soul in him can all things do ; 
Thro' him I'll triumph o'er the grave. 
And death and hell my soul outbrave. 

i 56 M. Toplady. 

I AU in All J Lukex. 42. 

COMPAR'D with Christ, in all besidie, 
No comeliness I see ; 
The one thing needful, dearest Lord, 
Is to be one v. ith thee. 

2 

The sense of thy expiring love. 

Into my soul convey ; 
Thyself bestow ! for thee alone. 

My All in All I pray. 

3 

Less than thyself will not suffice, 
My comfort to restore j 

i 



57 CHARACTERS OF CHRIST. 



More than thyself T cannot crave, 
Nor canst thou give me more. 

4 

Lov'd of my God, for him again, 

With love intense I burn ; 
Chosen of thee, e'er time began, 

I choose thee in return. 

5 

Whatever consists not with thy will, 

O icach me to resign ; 
Fm rich to all th' intents of b'r^s, 

Since thou, O God, a.t ni ne. 

57 C, M. Hiimphriis^ Col, 

All in All, Col. iii. li. 

CHRIST as our great physician' heals. 
Our maladies w^ithin ; 
Relieves the pangs the conscience feels 
From recollected sin. 

2 

He sees our many pressing wants 

With a propitious eye ; 
And from his own abundance grants 

A free and rich supply. 

3 

He sympathises with our grief, 

He lends a gracious ear 
To all our groans ; — and gives relief, 

Whatever we feel or fear. 

4 

^is he subdues our numerous foes, 

And blasts their vile intent j 
And he will alwaj^s interpose 

Our ruin to prevent, 
5 

lie manages our rxiean affairs 

From his high throne above j' 



CHARACTERS OF CHRIST. 58 



And sooths our sorrow and our cares 
With his endearing love. 

6 

[My soul, with sacred rapture saith 

(When Jesus is in view,) 
This is the object of my faith. 

And this its author too.] 
7 

Angels his name with joy confess, 

And low before him fall 5 
Then what can sinners here do less, 

Than own him All in All. 

For ARK, see Hymn 172. 

1^ 58 L. M. Scott. 

Hp Balm of Gileady Jer. viii. 22. 
^"^THY droops my soul with grief opprest ? 

1 1 Why these wild tumults in my breast ? 
Is there no balm to heal my wound ? 
No kind physician to be found ! 

2 

Yes, in the gospel's faithful lines, 
Jehovah's boundless mercy shines ; 
There, drest in love, the Saviour stands, 
With pitying heart, and wooing hands ! 
3 

Raise to the cross thy weeping e3^es 5— 
Behold the Prince of Glory dies ! 
He dies, extended on the tree, 
Thence sheds a sovereign balm for me, 
4 

Dear Saviour, at thy feet I he, 
Here to receive a cure or die ! 
43ut grace forbids that painful fear, 
Infinite grace, which triumphs here ! 



59 CHARACTERS OF CHRIST. 



5 

Dear Lord, extract the poison'd dart, 
Bind up and heal ray broken heart ; 
With blooming heahh my face adorn, 
And change my gloomy night to morn. 

6 

Expand my soul with holy joy, 
Hosannas be thy best employ ; 
Salvation thy eternal theme, 
And swell the song with Jesu^s name. 

[For Branch, see Hymns 137 and 335.] 

09 C. Xeedham, altered. 

Brazen Serpent ^ Num. xxi. 8, 9. 
HEN Israel's soiis, a murmVing rac^!^ 
Despis'd their heav'nly bread, 
God bade his fi'ry serpents fly, 
To strike the rebels dead. 

2 

Swift like an arrow thro' the air 

The baneful reptiles fly ; 
The rebels feel the deadly wound, 

And groan, and gasp, and die. 
3 

A part still live ; — but O what looks ! — 

What agonizing pain ! 
The fatal poison works within, 

And human help is vain. 

4 

Nov/ Moses feels his Israel's griefs, 

To God for them he prays ; 
A brazen serpent he's to make, 

And on a pole to raise. 

5 

How strange tlie means ! but in his hand 

The remedy how sure ! 
Not one that viewed the healing brass 

^ut found immediate cure ! 




CHARACTERS OF CHRIST^, 60, 6l 



6 

Thus Jesus on the sacred cross 

Is lifted up on high 5 
Sinners, now look to him by faith 

And you shall never die. 

60. 8. M. Hoskins. 

Bread of Life^ John vi. 35, 48. 51. 

BEHOr.D the gift of God! 
Sinners, adore his name, 
Who shed for us his precious bloody 
Who bore our curse and shame. 

2 

Behold the living bread, 
Which Jesus came to give, 
By dying in the sinner's stead,. 
That he might ever live. 

3 

Behold the Saviour^'s love^ 
Who gives his flesh to eat ; 
Never did angels taste above. 
Provisions half so sweet. 

4 

The Lord delights to give ; 
He knows youVe nought to buy ; 
To Jesus haste ; — this bread receive, 
And you shall never die. 

I 61 L. M. Medley. 

Breaker^ Micah ii. 13. 

SING the dear Saviour's glorious fame, 
Who bears the Breaker's wond'rous name 
Sweet name ! and it becomes him well, 
Who breaks down sin, guilt, death, and helL 
2 

A mighty Breaker sure is he ; 

He broke my chains and set me free 5 



62 CHARACTERS OF CHRIST. 



A gracious Breaker to my soul ; 
He breaks, and he makes me whole ! 
3 

He breaks thro' ev'ry gloomy cloud. 
Which can my soul with darkness shroud 
He breaks the bars of ev'ry snare, 
Which hellish foes for me prepare : 
4 

[He breaks the gates of hardened brass^ 
To bring his faithful word to pass ; 
And tho' with ponderous iron barr'd, 
The Breaker's love they can't retard,] 
5 

Great Breaker ! O, thy love impart 
Daily, to break my stony heart ; 
O, break it, Lord, and enter in, 
And break, O break the pov/V of sin. 

6S L. M. Fawcett. 

Bridegroom^ Isaiah liv, 5. 

JESUS, the heav'nly Bridegroom gave 
His life my wretched soul to save j 
Resolv'd to make his mercy known. 
He kindly claims me for his own. ^ 

/ ^ 2 m 

Rebellious, I against him strove 
'Till melted and constrained by love ; 
With sin and self I freely part. 
The heav'nly bridegroom wins my heart, 
3 

My guilt, my wretchedness he knows, 
Yet takes and owns me for his spouse 5 
My debts he pays, and sets me free, 
And makes his riches o'er to me. 

4 

My filthy rags are laid aside, 

Jle clgthes me becomes his bride 5 



CHARACTERS OF CHRIST. 



Himself bestows my wedding dress,—* 
The robe of perfect righteousness. 

5 

Lost in astonishment, I see, 
Jesus ! thy boundless love to me ) 
With angels I thy grace adore, 
And long to love and praise thee more* 
: 6 

Bince thou wilt take if\e for thy bride, 

keep me, Saviour, near thy side ! 

1 fain would give thee all my heart, 
Nor ever from my Lord depart. 

63 CM. Medley, 

Builder.^ Zech. vi. 13. 

JESUS, how bright his glories shines^ 
In all his works above 5 
On earth his kind and wise designs 
His church and people love. 

2 

He plans the temple of the Lord, 
And all the building rears 5 

And be his holy name adorM, 
He all the glory bears. 

3 

The vast materials all he forms, 

Nor love nor pow'r he spares ; 
He guards the building from allharms^ 
And all the glory bears. 

4 

[n this blest building, may my soul 
A living stone appear ; 
nd he the builder of the whole 
Shall all the glory bear. 

5 

o, — not a stone shall be removed, 
Which his dear hand has laid 5 



64 CHARACTERS OF CHRIST. 



Throughout the whole his glory show'd 
And all his grace displayed. 

6 

When he the topmost stone shall bring 

To heav'n to see him there, 
We shall the builder's praises singj 

And he the glory bear. 

[See also Hytnn 105.] 

64 L. M. Medlry. 

Comforter^ John xiv. 18. 

COME J ye who know the Saviour's love^ 
And his indulgent mercies prove : 
In cheerful songs his praise express, 
For he'll not leave you comfortless. 

2 

He ever acts the Saviour's part. 
With strong compassions in his hearty 
The least and weakest saint he'll bless. 
Nor will he leave him comfortless. 

3 

His wisdom, goodness, pow'r, and care^ 
They largely, sweetly, daily share 5 
He will their ev'ry fear suppress, 
Nor will he leave them comfortless. 

4 

While they are sojourners below, 
And travel thro' this world of woe, 
In storms and floods of deep distress^ 
He will not leave them comfortless. 

5 

So when they pass death's gloomy vale. 
And tiesh and mortal powers fail, 
Tlieir dying lips shall theji coniess, 
He does not leave them comlortless. 



CHARACTERS OF CHRIST. 65,66 



6 

pWhen they at last shall meet abovej 
In the blest world of ioy and love. 
Then' rapturM songs will then express^ 
He has not left them comfortless. 

7 

Thanks to thy name, our dearest Lord, 
For evTv promise hi thy word ; 
But, O, whh this our hearts impress, 
I will not leave you comfortless.'"] 

65 L. M, Jj?ion. 

Corner-Stone^ Isaiah xxviii. l6. 

I AID by Jehovah's mighty hands 
-i Zion's foundation firmly stands ; 
Rais'd up on Christ, the corner stonCj 
Secure as God's eternal throne. 

2 

See how^ the glorious fabric grows^ 
Fram'd of materials that he chose \ 
Each stone prepar'd and fitly set. 
The royal structure to complete. 

3 

Still shall this edifice arise, 
'Till all shall reach the lofty skies ; 
And joyful hosts shall praise above, 
Jehovah's grace, and Jesu's love. 

66 C. M. Duncan. 

Croicn Him hord of All ^ Cant. iii. 11. 

ALL hail the pow'r of Jesu's namei 
Let angels pn)strate fall 5 
Bring forth the royal diadem, 
^And crown him Lord of all. 

2 

[Let hiel -bor-n seraphs tune the lyre^ 
A^ici cis they tune it lall 



66 CHARACTERS OF CHRIST. 



Before his face, who tunes their choir, 
And crown him Lord of all. 

3 

Crown him, ye morning stars of Hght, 
Who fixM this floating ball ; 

Kow hail the strength of IsraePs might, 
And crown him Lord of all.] 
4 

Crown him, ye martyrs of om' God, 

Who from his altar call ; 
Extol the stem of Jesse's rod, 

And crown him Lord of AIL 
5 

Ye chosen seed of IsraePs race, 
Ye ransom'd from the fall ; 

Hail him, who saves you by his grace. 
And crown him Lord of all. 

6 

[Hail him, ye heirs of David's line, 
Whom David, Lord, did call 5 

Tlie God incarnate ! Man divine ! 
And crown him Lord of all.] 
7 

Sinners, whose love can ne'er forget, 
The wormwood and the gall 5 

Go, spread your trophies at his feet^ 
And crown him Lord of all. 

8 

Let ev'ry kindred, ev'ry tribe, 

On this terrestrial ball, 
To him all majesty ascribe, 

And crown him Lord of all* 
9 

[O that with yonder sacred throng, 

We at his feet may fall ; 
We'll join the everlasting song. 

And crown him Lord of all.] 



CHARACTERS OF CHRIST. 67^6 



67 C. M. SymondH Col. 

Crown Hm, Acts x. 36. 

BACKSLIDERS, who your misVy feel, 
Attend your Saviour's call ; 
Return, he'll your backslidin^^s heal, 
O, crown him Lord of ail. 

2 

Tho' crimson sin increase your guilt, 

And painful is your thrall : 
For broken hearts his blood was spilt, 

O, crown him Lord of all. 

3 

Take with you words, approach his throne^ 

And low before him fall ; 
He understands the spirit's groan; 

O crown him Lord of all. 

4 

Whoever comes, he'll not cast out, 

Altho' your faith be small ; 
His faithfulness you cannot doubt. 

Then crown him Lord of all 

68 (First Part) C. M. Hall 

Croivn Him J Rev. v. 13. 

INSPIRE our souls, thou heav'nly Dove^ 
On thee we humbly call, 
Come, warm our hearts wit'i Jesu's lovC; 
To own him Lord of all. 

2 

The saints who now in glory shine, 

And triumph o'er the tall ; 
In concert join, vuth notes divine, 

To praise him Lord of all. 

3 

Sinners, who now in him believe, 
Whose crimes are bitter gall^ 



68 CHARACTERS OF CHRIST. 



Pardon and grace from him receive^ 
And bless him Lord of all. 

4 

The day arriveSj when ev'ry voice 

On this terrestrial ball, 
Aloud shall sing, exult, rejoice^ 

To hail him Lord of all. 

5 

All heaven, in one admiring throng, 

Before him prostrate fall ; 
jAnd join in sweet seraphic song, 

To crown him Lord of all. 

68 (Second Part.) 8. 7^ 4. 

Deliver €7'^ Can. ii. 8. 
"ARK ! the voice of my beloved, 
Lo, he comes in greatest need^. 
Leaping on the lofty mountains, 
Skipping over hills with speedy 
To deliver, 

Me unworthy from all woe, 
2 

In a dungeon deep he found me 
Without water, without light ; 
Bound in chains of horrid darkness^ 
Gloomy, thick, Egyptian night 3 
He recovered, 

Thence my soul with price immense. 

3 

O for this let men and angels, 
All the heav'nly host above, 
Choirs of seraphims elected, 
With their golden harps of love. 
Praise and worship 
My Redeemer without end. 

4 

Let believers raise their anthems. 
All degrees in one accord, 



CHARACTERS OF CHRIST. 69 



Join'd by angels and archangels, 
Chant then' dear redeeming Lord : 
Love thus humbled. 
Suffering to redeem the lost. 

69 (First Part.) C. M. Steele. 

Desirmg the Fresence of Christ in his Churches ^ 
Psalm cxl. 13. Hag. ii. 7. 

COME, thou desire of all thy saints, 
Our humble strains attend ; 
While with our praises and complaints^ 
Low at thy feet we bend. 

2 

When we thy wond'rous glories hear, 

And all thy suff'rings trace, 
What sweetly awful scenes appear ! 

What rich unbounded grace ! 
3 

How should our songs, like those above^ 

With warm devotion rise ! 
How should our souls, on wings of love^ 

Mount upward to the skies ! 

4 

[But ah, the song, how cold it flows ! 

How languid our desire ! 
How faint, the sacred passion glows, 

^Till thou the heart inspire. 

5 

Dear Saviour, let thy glory shine, 

And fill thy dwellings here ; 
^Till life, and love, and joy divine, 

A heav'n on earth appear. 

6 

Then shall our hearts enrapturM say, 

Come great Iledeemer, come. 
And bring the bright, the glorious day, 

That calls thy children home. 

£Dv;bire of all Nations^ see Hymn 72.] 



69, 70 CHARACTERS OF CHRlST. 



69 (Second Part.) L. 

DeWy Hosea xiv. 5 — 7- 

THUS saith the Lord, whose words are true^ 
" I'll be to Israel as the dew : 
My Spirit on them I will pour, 
And they shall pine and mourn no more. 

Planted by my almighty hand, 
To hoary age, they blooming stand ; 
Cloth'd in my righteousness, they're whitej 
Wash'd in my blood, they're my delight. 
3 

Like the tall lilies they shall grow ; 
" Like cedars strike their roots below ; 

And spread their branches green and falfj 
^' As the yotsiig olive trees appear. 

4 

Not Leb'non's fragrant spicy hills^ 
Nor witie the full-grown grape distils^ 
^' Can to the taste such sweetness give, 
As Calv'ry's fruit on which they live."' 

70 C. M. Bucking. 

Doftr of the Sheepfeldy John x. 9» 

THUS saith the Shepherd of the sheep^ 
" I am the sacred door ; 
In the tair pastures which I keep^ 
" There's life for evermore. 

<^ In me shall wand'ring sinniers find, 

" The way their footsteps lost 3 
^ From death I have their souls redeem'd^ 
My blood has paid the cost. 

3 

^ My tender care shall keep them free^ 
From dangers night and day ^ 



CHARACTERS OF CHRIST. 71,72 



^ My pow'r their strong defence shall be^ 
From evVy beast of prey, 
4 

I will enrich them with my grace, 
^' And feed them with my love ; 
^ Their souls shall find a joyful place^ 
^' In the bright fields above.'' 
5 

Come then, my little purchased flock, 
" Dear objects of my care ; 
And let this promise be your hope^ 
While you are feeding here.'* 

71 c. M. 

Door, John x. 9. 

CHRIST is the way to heav'nly blis^j 
And Christ the only door ; 
JVly soul pursue no way but this. 
For this alone is sure, 
2 

'Tis thro' this door, and this alone 

That thou art led to God ; 
Then rest on what thy Lord has done^ 

And plead his precious blood. 

3 

[Jesus will guide thee on to heav'n 

And give thee entrance in ; 
And God will own thy sins forgiv'n 

However vile they've been.] 

I 72 C. M. Fawcett. 

wk 'Excellence ; or, Desire of all Nation^^ 
^ Can. i. 3 Hag. ii. 7. 

■jrNFINlTE excellence is thine, 
^H. Thou lovely Prince of grace ! 
■Thy uncreated beauties shine 



f3 CHARACTERS OF CHRIST; 



2 

Sinners, from earth's remotest end, 

Come bending at thy feet ; 
To thee their pray Vs and praise ascend^ 

In thee their wishes meet. 

3 

Thy name, as precious ointment shecj, 

Delights the church around ; 
Sweetly the sacred odours spread 

Thro' all ImmanuePs ground. 

4 

Millions of happy spirits live 

On thy exhaustless store 5 
From thee they all their bliss receive. 

And still thou givest more. 

5 

Thou art their triumph and their joy; 

They find their all in thee : 
Thy glories will their tongues employ 

Thro' all eternity. 

6 

[When shall the day, dear Lord, appear^ 

That I shall mount on high ; 
And view thy matchless beauties there, 

With never-ceasing joy ? 

* 7 

Angels shall listen to my song, 

And seraphs join the praise ; 
For none among the happy throng, 

Shall louder triumphs raise !] 

[See also Hymn 286.] 

73 L. M. Medley. 

Forerunner^ Heb. vi. 20. 
I AR, far beyond these lower skies, 
Up to the glories all his own 5 
Where we by faith hit up our eyes, 
There Jesus^ our forerunner's ^one.J 



CHARACTERS OF CHRIST, 



74 



f Amidst the shining hosts above, 
Where his blest smile new pleasure givesj^ 
Where all is wonder, joy, and love, 
There Jesus, our forerunner, lives.] 
3 

High on his throne of heav'nly light, 
Eternal glory he sustains, 
While saints and angels bless the sight j 
There Jesus, our forerunner, reigns. 

4 

He lives, salvation to impart. 
From sin, and satan's cursed wiles. 
With love eternal in his heart ; 
There Jesus, our forerunner, smiles. 

5 

Before his heav'nly Father's face, 
For ev'ry saint he intercedes ; 
And, with infallible success. 
There Jesus, our forerunner, pleads. 

6 

But O ! 'tis this completes the whole^ 
And all its bliss and glory proves, 
That, while eternal ages roll, 
There Jesus, our forerunner, loves. 

7 

[We, shall, when we m heav'n appear^ 
His praises sing, his wonders tell, 
And with our great forerunner, there. 
For ever, and for ever dwell.] 

74 L, M. Kent 

Foundation^ Matt. xvi. 18. 

HEAR what the hope of Israel saith, 
Who holds the keys of life and death ; 
Whose potent word must be fulfilPd, 
Upon u rock my church I build* 



75 CHARACTERS OF CHRIST. 



2 

" Thcu Peter art ; bat Fm thy Lord, 

By all th' angelic host ador'd ; 
" And on m3^self5 (thy faith may see,) 
" I build my church , and not on thee»!^ 
3 

Strong to defend, tho' hell engage. 
And all its host enfiam^d with rage 
Kot more secure Jehovah's throne^ 
Than Zion stands on Christ, his Sonf. 

4 

In persecution's hottest fire, 
This glorious fabric stood entire 5 — 
Witness the slaughter 'd millions, who 
For Jesu's sake the flames went thro\ 
5 

Built on his Godhead and his blood, 
She stands, and hath for ever stood 5 
Nor hell, nor sin,— so firm the base, — 
Shall e'er the christian's hopes erase. 

6 

When on the cross he bow'd his head. 
He Zion's debt of sufT'ring paid 5 
And on this Rock, for ever blest. 
Shall mercy's glorious fabric rest. 

75 C. M. Coivper. 

Fountain^ Zech. xiii. 1. 

THERE is a fountain fill'd with bloody 
Drawn from ImmanueFs veins ; 
And sicners plung'd beneath that flood, 
Lose all their guilty stains. 

2 

The dying thief rejoic'd to see 

That fountain in his day ; 
And there have I, as vile as he, 

Wash'd ail my sins away. 



CHARACTERS OF CHRIST. 



3 

Dear dying Lamb ! thy precious blood 

Shall never lose its pow'r, 
^Till all the mnsomM church of God 
Be sav'd to sin no more. 

4 

Ere since by faith I saw the stream, 

Thy flowing wounds supply, 
Redeeming love has been my tlieraej 

And shall be till I die. 

5 

Then in a nobler, sweeter song, 

I'll sing thy powV to save ; 
When this poor lisping, stamm'ring tongue 

Lies silent in the grave. 

6 

[Lordj I believe thou hast prepar'd^ 

(Unworthy tho' I be), 
For me a blood-bought free reward^ 

A golden harp fof me ! 

r 

'Tis strung, and tun'd, for endless years^ 

And form'd by pow'r divine ! 
To sound, in God the Father's ears, 

No other name but thine.J 

76 (First Part.) 112th. Cennick 

Fountain J Isaiah 1 v. 1. John y. 4. 

HO ! ye despairing sinners, hear, 
Ye thirsty sin-sick souls draw near ; 
Here's water, whose all-powerful stream, 

I Shall quench your thirst, and wash you clesin ; 
J[ts healing pow'r has always wrought, 
JBeyond the reach of human thought. 
B'^th'^sda's pool is not like this, 
%QX healsj nor cures sjch lep osles j 
E 2 



t6 CHARACTERS OF CHRIST; 



Nor Silaam's streams, nor Jordan's flood^ 
Could to my heart seem half so good ; 
. 'Tis Jesu's blood J that crimson sea, 
That washeth guilt and filth away^ 
3 

To this dear fountain I'll repair, 
With all the wounds and pains I bear 5 
I'll keep my station near its side, 
And wash, and drink, and there abide ; 
Nor From the sacred streams remove, 
^Till taken to their source above. 

^6 (Second Pt.) i04th. Hart. 

Fountain^ Zech. xiii. 1. 

THE fountain of Christ, with pleasure we 

The blood ol our priest, our crucify 'd king ; 
The fountain that cleanses from sin and ixovci 
filthy 

And richly dispenses salvation and health. 
2 

This fountain from giult not only makes pure. 
And gives soon as felt, infallible cure ; 
But, if guilt remov'd, return, and remain, 
Its pow'r may be proved again and again. 
3 

This fountain, tho' rich, from charge is quite clear^ 
The poorer the wretch, the welcomer here : 
Come needy, come guilty, come loathsome and 
bare ) 

Tho' leprous and filthy, come just as you are* 
4 

This fountain in vain has never been try'd 
It takes out all stain whenever apply M 5 
The fountain flows sweetly with virtue divine, 
To cleanse souls completely, tho' leprous as 
Oiine. 



CHARACTERS OF CHRIST. 77; 



77 L. M. D^. 

Friend of Sinners^ Luke vii. 34^ 
r- TESUS, th' incarnate God of love, 
\_ ^ Rules all the shining worlds above j 
And tho' his name, the heav'ns trancen^ 
Yet he is still the sinner's friend. 

2 

Before the rolling skies were made| 
Or nature's deep foundations laid, 
He saw our fall, and did intend 
To shew himself the sinner's friend.] 
3 

Behold the condescending God, 
Awhile forsakes his bright abode ; 
To our mean world see him descend, 
And groan and die the sinner's friend, 
4 

When the appointed hour was cgme, 
fJe burst the barriers of the tomb ; 
Then to the skies he did ascend. 
Where still he lives the sinner's friendo. 

5 

Ye mourning souls to Jesus come, 
Cast off despair, there yet is room : 
To his dear hands your cause commend| 
Who only is the sinner's friend. 

78 C, M. Sw2in. 

Unchangeable Friendy Pro v. xvii. If, 

COME, let our hearts and voices join^ 
To praise the Saviour's name ; 
Whose truth and kindness are divine, 
Whose love's a constant flame. 

2 

When most we need his gracious hand^ 
This Friend is always near ^ 



79 CHARACTERS OF CHRIST. 



With heav'n and earth at his command 5 
He waits to answer pray'r. 

3 

His love no end nor measure knows. 
No change can turn its couise 5 

Hmmutably the same it flows 
From one eternal source. 

4 

When frowns appear to veil his face, 
And clouds surround his throne ; 

He hides the purpose of his grace, 
To make it better known. 

5 

And when our dearest comforts fall 

Before his sovereign will, 
He never takes away our all, 

Himselfj he gives us still ! 

6 

[Our sorrows in the scale he weighs^ 
And measures out our pains ; 

The wildest storm his word obeys. 
His word its rage restrains !] 

79. 8. 7. Kewton. 

Best Friend^ Prov. xviii. 24. 

ONE there is above all others, 
Well deserves the name of Friend 
His is love beyond a brother's, 
Costly, free, and knows no end; 
They who once his kindness prove^ 
Find it everlasting love ! 

2 

Which of all our friends to save us, 
Would consent to shed his blood ? 
But our Jesus, dy 'd to have us, 
ReconciPd in him to God : 
This was boundless love indeed ! 
Jesus is a Friend in need. 



CHARACTERS OF CHRIST. 



3 

[Men, when raisM to lofty stations, 
Often know their friends no more ; 
Slight and scorn their poor relations^ 
Tho' they valu'd them before : 
But our Saviour always owns 
Those whom he redeemed with groans/'] 
4 

When he livM on earth abased, 

Friend of sinners was his name ; 

Now, above all glory rais'dj 

He rejoices in the same : 

Still he calls them brethren, friends, 

And to all their wants attends. 

5 

[Could we bear for one another, 
What he daily bears for us ? 
Yet this glorious friend and brother;. 
Loves us, tho' we treat him thus ; 
Tho' for good we render ill, 
He accounts us brethren still.] 
6 

O, for grace our hearts to soften ! 
Teach us, Lord, at length to love ; 
We, alas, forget too often. 
What a Friend we have above : 
But when home our souls are brought^ 
We shall love thee as we ought. 

[For Fulness, see Hymn 3C6.] 

80 L. M, Beddome. 

Gift of God, John iv. 10. 

JESUS, My Lord, my souPs delight^ 
For thee 1 long, for thee I pray 3 
Amid the shadows of the night, 
Amid the business of the day. 



81 CHARACTERS OF CHRIST, 



2 

nVhen shall I see thy smiling facej— ? 
That face which I have often seen y 
Arise, thou Sun of righteousness. 
And burst the clouds that intervene.] 

3 

Thou art the glorious gift of God, 
To sinners weary and distrest ; 
The first of all his gifts bestowM ; 
And certain pledge of all the rest, 
4 

CouM I but say, " This gift is mine,'^ 
I'd tread the world beneath my feet J 
No more at poverty repine, 
Nor envy sinners rich and great. 

5 

The precious jewel I would keep, 
And lodge it deep within my heart ; 
At home, abroad, awake, asleep, 
It never should from thence depart ! 

81 C. M. Steele, 

Guesty Rev. iii. 20. 

AND will the Lord thus condescend 
To visit sinful worms ? 
Thus at the door shall mercy stand, 
In all her winning forms ! 

2 

[Surprising grace ! — and shall my heart 
UnmovM and cold remain ? 

Has this hard rock no tender part ? 
Must mercy plead in vain ?j 
3 

Shall Jesus for admission sue, 
His soothing voice unheard ? 

And this vile heart, his rightful due, 
Remain for ever barr-d ? 



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^Tis sm, alas, with tyrant pow'r, 

The lodging has possest ; 
And crowds of traitors bar the doof 

Against the heav'nly guest. 

5 

Lord, rise in thy all-conqu'ring grace^ 

Thy mighty pow'r display ; 
One beam of glory from thy face, 

Can drive my foes away. 

6 

Ye dangVolis inmates, hence depart 5 

Dear Saviour, enter in 
At5d guard the passage to my heart. 

And keep out e v 'ry sin . 

[See also Hymn 326.] 

83 8. 7. 4. Robinson, 

Guidey Psalm xlviii. ] 4. 

GUIDE me, O thou great Jehovah s 
Pilgrim, thro' this barren land 5 
1 am weak, but thou art mighty, 
Hold me with thy powerful hand 5 
Bread of heaven, 
Feed me till I want no more, 
2 

Open thou the crystal fountain. 
Whence the healing streams do flow i 
Let the fiery cloudy pillar, 
Lead me all my journey thro' : 
Strong deliverer ! 

Be thou still my strength and shield, 
3 

When I tread the verge of Jordan, 
Bid my anxious fears subside ; 
Foe to death, and hell's destruction^ 
Land nie safe on Canaan's side y 
§ongs of praises 
I will ever give to thee. 



B3, 84 CHARACTERS OF CHRIST. 



83 C. M. Doddridge. 

Heady Eph. iv. 15. 16. 

JESUSj I sing thy matchless grace 
That calls a worm thy own ; 
Gives me among thy saints a place 
To make thy glories known. 

2 

Allied to thee our vital head^ 

We live^ and grow, and thrive ; 
From thee divided^ each is deadj 

When most he seems alive. 

3 

Thy saints on earth, and those above. 

Here join in sweet accord ; 
One body all in mutual love. 

And thou our common Lord. 

4 

Oy may my faith each hour derive 

Thy Spirit with delight ^ 
While death and hell in vain shall strive 

This bond to disunite. 

5 » 

Thou the whole body wilt present 

Before thy Father's face ; 
SJor shall a wrinkle or a spot 

Its beauteous form disgrace. 

84 (First Part) L. M. Kent 

Healer / or. Plant ofRenoivriy Ezek. xxxiv. 29. 
Matt. iv. 24. 

HAIL, Plant renowned ! thy leaves how fairji 
No thoughts conceive, no words declare 
What healing virtue from thee flows^ 
To heal a guilty mortal's woes 
2 

Thy fame was great in ancient day^, 
Judea's region spoke thy praise j 



CHARACTERS OF CHRIST. 



And wCj thro' grace, in this our day, 
Can sing of healing, great as they. 

3 

[The hardest hearts, when thou wilt heal^ 
Are soft as wax before the seal ; 
Receiving then thine image fair, 
Stamped on the soul for ever there. 

4 

Hatred of God, that cursM disease 
Will turn to love, when thou shalt please | 
And burn with a celestial glow, 
Which none but pardon'd rebels know.] 
5 

To thee, let Israel oft repair, 
When sin defiles their garments here ; 
For thou alone hast pow'r to heal 
The sting of death that sinners feel. 

6 

Count thou, my soul, no healing good. 
But what proceeds from Jesu's blood j 
Nor rest in this, t' atone for sin. 
Without a feeling sense within. 

84 (Second Part.) L. M 

Healer of Body and Soul, Matt. ix. 32. 

SAVIOUR divine ! we read thy fame, 
Tliy miracles of pow'r and grace 5 
We bow and bless thy sacred name. 
Whilst thine amazing works we trace. 

2 

Thy pow'r and pity^ Lord, extend 
Both to the body and the soul : 
Thy healing mercy knows no end, 
But makes the most diseased whole. 

3 

Jesus, our God, in mercy come^ 
Jiepeat thy miracles of love 



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On sinners dead., and deaf, and dumb. 
And let them all thy goodness prove. 

4 

Unloose, dear Lord, each stamm'ring tongugj 
And teach the dumb to speak, and praise 5 
Break sinful silence into song. 
That we may shout aloud thy grace. 

85 L. M. Brewer. 

Hiding-Place J Isaiah xxxii. 2. 

HAIL, sovereign love, that first began 
The scheme to rescue fallen man ! 
Hail, matchless, free, eternal grace, 
That gave my soul an hiding-place ! 

2 

Against the God that rules the sky 
I fought with hand uplifted high ; 
Despis'd his rich abounding grace, 
Too proud to seek an hiding-place. 

3 

[Inwrapt in thick Egyptian night , 
And fond of darkness more than light 5 
Madly I ran the sinful race. 
Secure without an hiding-place.] 
4 

But thus th' eternal counsel ran, 

Almighty love, — arrest that man : — 
I felt the arrows of distress, 
And found 1 had no hiding-place. 

5 

Indignant justice stood in view, 
To Sinai's fi'ry mount I flew 5 
But justice cryM with frowning face, 
" This mountain is no hiding-place. 

6 

Ere long a heav'nly voice I heard, 
And mercy's angel-form appeared y 



CHARACTERS OF CHRIST, j S 

She led me on with gentle pace / 
To Jesus, as my hiding-place. 

7 

On him almighty veng'ance fell, 
That must have sunk a world to hell ; 
He bore it for the chosen race, 
And thus became their hiding-place. 

8 

[Should storms of sev'n-fold vengeance roljj 
And shake the globe from pole to pole, 
No flaming bolt shall daunt my face, 
For Jesus is my hiding-place.] 
9 

A few more rolling suns at most 
Will land me safe on Canaan's coast 5 
Where I shall sing the song of grace, 
And see my glorious hiding-place. 

86 L. M. Medley. 

Him, Acts V. 31. 

JOIN all who love the Saviour's name, 
To sing his everlasting fame ; 
Great God prepare each heart and voice. 
In him for ever to rejoice. 

2 

[Of him, what wond'rous things are told ! 
In him, what glories I behold ! 
For him, I gladly all things leave ; 
To him, my soul, for ever cleave ! 

3 

In him, my treasure's all contained ; 
By him, my feeble soul's sustain'd ; 
From him, what favours I receive ! 
Thro' him, I shall for ever live.j 
4 

With him, I daily love to walk ; 
Of him, my soul delights to talk j 



%r CHARACTERS OF CHRIST 



On him, I cast my ev'ry care ; 
Like him, one day I shall appear* 
5 

Bless him, my soul, from day to day, 
Trust him, to lead thee on thy way ; 
Give him, thy poor, weak, sinful heart j 
With him, O never, never part. 

6 

Take him, for strength and righteousnesSj 
Make him thy refuge in distress ; 
Love him, above all earthly joy, 
And him in ev'ry thing employ. 

7 

Praise him in cheerful, grateful songs ; 
To him your highest praise belongs ! 
Bless him who does your heav'n prepare, 
And whom you'll praise for ever there. 

87 M. Lee. 

Know Himy Phil. iii. 10. 
^ FTl IS life to know the dying Lamb^ 

JL Eternal life is in his name ; 
O may I in this knowledge grow j 
And daily more of Jesus know. 

2 

Know him, to wash me in his blood, 
Know him, to make my peace with God ; 
Know him, for strength and righteousness^ 
And know him for renewing grace. 

3 

Know him, as my exceeding joy. 
Know him, my praises to employ ; 
Know him, as all my heart can wish, 
And know him, for eternal bliss. 

4 

[O may such precious knowledge sound^ 
With po w'r divine thy churches round 



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Kind Shepherd for thy flocks prepare 
Pure living streams, and pastures fair.] 

88 L. M. Jeary. 

Immamid^ Matt. i. 23. 

YE angelsj who in glory reign. 
And sing in most seraphic strain 5 
Ye who before the altar fall, 
O crown Immanuel Lord of all. HaL 
2 

Ye saints, who sit around the threne. 
And sing his sovereign grace alone 5 
O join together great and small, 
To crown Immanuel Lord of all. 

3 

[Ye thousands who are clothed in White, 
And dwell in uncreated liglit, 
At his dear feet devoutly fall, 
And crown Immanuel Lord of all. 

4 

Ye heralds, who from place lo place. 
Proclaim salvation by free grace, 
To Calv'ry guilty sinners call. 
And crown Immanuel Lord of all.] 
5 

Ye ransom'd sinners, who ren^ain 
Within the reach of sin and shame, 
O at his footstool humbly fall. 
And crown Immanuel Lord of all. 

6 

[Ye gnntile singers, who remain 
In bondage under Satan's chain • 
Come, now for mercy liumbiy c-dl^ 
And crown Immanuel Lord of all.] 
7 

Ye angels, saints, and heralds join^ 
To praise Immanuel all divine ; 



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And sinners comej and gladly own 
Immanuel King, and Lord alone. Hal. 

89 8s. De Fleury. 

Immanuel J Isaiah vii. 14 — 25. 

YE angels, who stand round the throne, 
And view my ImnianueFs face 5 
In rapturous songs make him known, 
Tune all your soft harps to his praise. . 

2 

He form'd you the spirits you are, 
So happy, so noble, so good ; 
When others sunk down in despair, 
ConfirmM by his pow'r, you stood. 

3 

Ye saints, who stand nearer than they. 
And cast your bright crowns at his feet j 
His grace and his glory display, 
And all his rich mercy relate : 
4 

He snatchM you from hell and the grave i 
He ransom'd from death and despair 5 
For you he was mighty to save, 
Almighty to bring you safe there. 

5 

when will the period appear, 
Vv^hen I shall unite in your song ? 
I'm weary of lingering here, 
And I to your Saviour belong : 

6 

Pm fetter'd and chain'd up ia clay^ 

1 struggle and pant to be free 5 

I long to be soaring away. 

My God, and my Saviour, to see ! 

7 

II want to put on my attire, 

Wash'd white in the blood of the Lamt» j 



CHARACTERS OF CHRIST. S 



I want to be one of your choir, 

And tune my sweet harp to his name : 

8 

I want ! O I want to be there^ 
Where sorrow and sin bid adieu ; 
Your joy and your friendship to share, 
To wonder and worship with you.] 

90 7s. Wood's Col. 

Immanuelj Matt. i. 23. 1 Tim. iii. 16^, 

GOD with us ! O glorious name ! 
Let it shine in endless fame j 
God and man in Christ unite 
O, mysterious depth and height ! 

2 

God with us ! amazing love 
Brought him from his courts above : 
Now, ye saints, his grace admire, 
Swell the song with holy fire* 
3 

God with us ! but tainted not 
With our father Adam's blot 5 
Yet did he our sins sustain, 
Bear the guilt, the curse, the pain« 
4 

[God with us ! O blissful theme ! 
Let the impious not blaspheme ; 
Jesus will in judgment sit, 
Dooming rebels to the pit.] 
5 

God with us ! O, wond'rous grace ! 
Let us see him face to face ; 
That we may Immanuel sing, 
As we ought, our God and King. 

91 L. V!. Doddndge, 

Immutahley Heb. xiii. 8. 
ITH ti ansport, Lord, our souls proclaim 
Th' immortal honours of thy name 



92 CHARACTERS OF CHRIST. 



Assembled round our Saviour's throne, 
We make his ceaseless glories known.] 
2 

High, on his Father's royal seat, 
Our Jesus shone divinely great, 
Ere Adam's clay with life was warm'd^ 
Or Gabriel's nobler spirit form'd. 

3 

Thro' all succeeding ages he 
The same hath been, the &ame shall be 3 
Immortal radiance g-lds his head, 
While stars and suns wax old and fad€. 

4 

The same his pow'r his flock to guard 5 
The same his bounty to reward ; 
The same his faithfuhiess and love, 
To saints on earth, and saints above. 

5 

Let nature change, and sink, dnd die 5 
Jesus shall raise his chosen high ; 
And fix them near his stable throne, 
In ^lory changeless as his own. 

92 L. M. FaymdL 

Intercessor^ John xvii. 24. 

JESUS has shed his vital blood, 
To bring my wandering soul to God ; 
And still to manifest his love^ 
He lives, and pleads for me above. 

2 

Father, I will," the Saviour cries, 
^' That this poor soul at length may rise 
" From all the depths of sin and woe, 

The riches of my grace to know. 

3 

'^^ Now let his sins be all forgiv'n, 
And guide him in the path to heav'n j 



©HARACTERS OF CHRIST- 



I have redeemed his soul from hell, 
With me he shall for ever dwell. 

4 

To save his life, thy son was slain, 
^' He is the purchase of my p^tin ; 
I claim my right, and urge my plea, 
That he may reign in bliss with me. 
5 

He shall behold me face to face, 
^' And dwell in this celestial place ; 
Far from the reach of foes and fears ; 
My love shall wipe away his tears. 
6 

His pains and toils shall have an end 5 
His happy soul to God ascend ; 
Soon shall he reach the peaceful shore, 
^' Where sin shall wound his heart no more 
7 

Father, I will, that he should prove, 
The wonders of redeeming love ; 
That he may all my glories see, 
^' And sit upon thy throne with me.'^ 

I 93 L. M. Stf^ele. 

Intercessor^ Heb. vii. 25. 

I"1"E lives ! the great Redeemer lives ! 
_i- (What joy the blest assiu'ance gives ! 
And now, before his father God, 
Pleads the full merit of his blood. 

2 

Re peated crimes awake our fears. 
And justice armM with frowns appears j 
But in the Saviour's lovely face. 
Sweet mercy smiles, and all is peace. 

3 

1 Hence, then, ye black despairing thoughts 
Above our fearS; above our faults^ 



94 CHARACTERS OF CHRIST. 



His powerful intercessions rise ; 
And guilt recedes, and terror dies. 

4 

In ev'ry dark distressful hour, 
When sin and satan join their pow'r^ 
Let this dear hope repel the dart, 
That Jesus bears us on his heart. 

5 

Great advocate, almighty friend, — 
On him our humble hopes depend : 
Our cause can never, never fail, 
For Jesus pleads, and must prevail. 

94 CM. Toplacly. 

Intercessor^ John xvii. 24. 

AWAKE, sweet gratitude ! and sing 
Th' ascended Saviour's love ; 
3ing how he lives to carry on 
His people's cause above. 

2 

With cries and tears, he ofi*er'd upj^ 

His humble suit below ; 
But with authority he asks, 

Enthron d in glory now. 

3 

For all that come to God by him, 

Salvation he demands ; 
Points to their names upon his breasf;|. 

And spreads his wounded hands. 

4 

His sweet atoning sacrifice 
Gives sanction to his claim ; 
Father, I vvill that all my saints 
Be with me where I am. 

5 

By 'ihe'r salvation, recompense 
5* The sorrows I endur'd ; 



CHARACTERS OF CHRIST. 

Just to the merits of thy Son, 
And faithful to thy word.'^ 
6 

Eternal life, at his request 

To ev'ry saint is giv'n : 
Safety on earth, and, after death 

The plenitude of heav'n. 

7 

[Founded on right, his pray'r avails y 

The Father never can 
From his annointed turn away, 

Nor hear him ask in vain. 

8 

Lord, I believe thou didst go up 
To plead my cause with God : 

And now thou in thy kingdom art, 
Remember me for good ! 

9 

Let the pure incense of thy pray'r, 

In my behalf ascend ; 
And, as its virtue, so my praise 

Shall never, never end.] 

95 L. M. Grigg. 

Not ashamed of Jesus, Markviii. 3 Sr 

JESUS ! and shall it ever be, 
A mortal man asham'd of thee ! 
Scorn'd be the thought, by rich and poor^ 
O may I scorn it more and more. 

2 

Asham'd of Jesus ! sooner far 
Let evening blush to own a star ; 
He sheds the beams of hght divine, 
O'er this benighted soul of mine. 

3 

[Asham'd of Jesus ! just as soon 
Let midnight be asham'd of noon i 



96 CHARACTERS OF CHRIST*. 



'Tis midnight with hiy soul, till he. 
Bright morning Star ! bid darkness flee. 
4 

AshamM of Jesus ! shall yon field 
Blush, when it thinks who bids it yield ? 
Yet blush I must while I adore ; 
I blush to think I yield no morfe.] 
5 

Asham'd of Jesus ! that dear friend, 
On wiiom my hopes oi heav'n depend ? 
No ; when I blush^ — be this my shame^ 
That I no more revere his name, 
6 

Ashamed of Jesus ! 3^es, I may 
When I've no crimes to w^ash away | 
No tear to wipe, no good to crave. 
No fear to quell, no soul to save* 

'Till then, (nor is my boasting vain)j 
'Till then I boast a Saviour slain ! 
And, O may this my glory be, 
That Christ is not ashamM of me ! 

96 c. M. F . 

Not ashamed of Jems ^ Rom. i. l5. 

DEAR Eord, and will thy pard'ning lov( 
Embrace a wretch so vile } 
Wilt thou my load of guilt remove, 
And bless me with thy smile ? 
2 

Hast thou the cross for me endur'd, 

And sutler- d ail my shame ? 
And shall 1 be ashamed, O Lord, 

To own thy precious name ? 

3 

Noj Lord, — I'm not ashamed of thee^- 
Nor of thy cause on earth i 



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G do not be asham'd of me, 
When I resign my breath. 

4 

Be thou my shield be thou my sua^ 

O guide me all ray days ; 
And let my feet with joy run on 

In thy delightful ways. 

97 C. M. Hcginbothom. 

Jesusj 1 Fet. ii. 7. 

BLESSED Jesus ! when my soaring thoughts 
O'er all thy graces rove, 
How is my soul with transport lost 
In wonder, joy, and love ! 

2 

[Not softest strains can charm mine ears 

Like thy belov ed name ; 
Kor aught beneath the skies, inspire 

My heart with equal flame.J 
3 

Where'er I look, my wond'ring eyes 

UnnumberM blessings see ; 
But what is life, with all its bliss, 

if once compared with thee ? 

4 

' Hast thou a rival in my breast ? 

Search, Lord, for thou canst tell 
If aught can raise my passions tiius, 
Or please my soul so well. 

5 

No, thou art precious to my heart, 

r»iy portion and my joy ; 
For ever let thy boundless grace, 

My sweetest thoughts employ. 
6 

pVhen nature faints ; — - round my bed 
L^t thy bright glories shme j 



98 CHARACTERS OF CHRIST. 

And death shall all his terrors lose, 
In raptures so divine.] 

98 (First Part.) C. M. Doddridge. 

Jesus PreciouSj 1 Peter, ii. 7* 
"ESUSj I love thy charming name, 
'Tis music to my ear ; 
Fain would I sound it out so loud. 

That earth and heaven might hear, 
2 

Yes thou art pfecious to my soul. 

My transport and my trust : 
Jewels to thee are gaudy toys, 

And gold is sordid dust. 

3 

Ail my capacious pow'rs can wish 

In thee doth richly meet ; 
Nor to my eyes is light so dear, 

Nor friendship half so sweet. 

4 

Thy grace still dwells upon my hearty 

And sheds its fragrance there ; 
The noblest bahn of all its wounds, 

The cordial of its care. 

5 

111 speak the honours of thy name, 
With my last laboring breath ; * 

Then speechless, clasp thee in my arms — ^ 
The antidote of death. 

98 (Second Part) C. M. Coxvper. 

Jesus, Can. i. 3. 
""i"OW sweet the name of Jesus sounds^ 
_ _i . In a believer's ear ! 
It sooths his sorrows, heals I) is wounds^ 
Aiid drives away his fear. 



CHARACTERS OF CHRIST, 



2 

It makes the wounded spirit whole^ 
And calms the troubled breast j 

^Tis manna to the hungry soul, 
And to the weary, rest. 

3 

Dear name ! the rock on which I build^ 
My shield and hiding-place 5 

My never-failing treasury, rilFd 

With boundless stores of grace. 
4 

[Jesus ! my shepherd, husband, friend^ 
My prophet, priest, and king ; 

My lord, my life, my way, m}^ end, 
Accept the praise I bring. 

5 

Weak is the effort of my heart, 

And cold my warmest thought 5 

But when I see thee as thou art, 
I'll praise thee as I ought. 

6 

Till then, I would thy love proclaim^ 

With ev'ry fleeting breath ; 
And may the music of thy name 

Refresh my soul in death.] 

99. C. M. Steele. 

King of Saints, Rev. xv. 3. 

COME, ye that love the Saviour's nam^ 
And joy to make it known ; 
The Sovereign of your heart proclaim, 
And bow before his throne. 

2 

Behold your King, your Saviour, crowned 

With glories all divine ; 
And tf 11 the wondering nations round, 

How bright those glories shine. 



aOO CHARACTERS OF CHRIST. 



3 

Infinite pow'r, and boundless grace^ 

In him unite their rays 5 
You that have seen his lovely face^ 

Can you forbear his praise ? 

4 

When in his earthly courts we view 

The glories of our King ; 
We long to love as angels do, 

And wish like them to sing. 

5 

And shall we long and wish in vain ^ 
Lord, teach our songs to rise ! 

Thy love can animate the strain, 
And bid it reach the skies, 
6 

O, happy period ! glorious day ! 

W hen heav'n and earth shall raise^ 
With all their powers, the rapturM lay^ 

To celebrate thy praise. 

100 6. 4. Kmgshury^ 

King, Rev. xv. 3. 

LET us awake our joys, 
Strike up with cheerful voice^,^ 
Each creature sing ; — 
Angels, — begin the song ; — 
Mortals, — the strain prolong 
In accents sweet and strong 5 
" Jesus is King.'' 

2 

Proclaim abroad his name, 
Tell of his matchless fame j 

What wonders done ; 
Shout thro' heirs dark profound j 
L( ' the whole earth resound 5 
^Tiii the high heav'ns rebound j 

The victVy'* won/^ 



CHARACTERS OF CHRIST, 



vanquished sin and hell. 
And the last foe will quell j 

JMourners rejoice ! 
His dying love adore, 
Praise him now rais'd in powV^ 
And triumph evermore, 

With a glad voice. 

4 

All hail the glorious day, 
When thro' the heav'nly way 

L05 he «hall come ! 
While they who pierc'd him, wail. 
His promise shall not fail, 
Saints, see your King prevail : 

Come, dear Lord, come ! HaL 

101 C. M. Hoskifis. 

Lamhj John i. 29. 

SINNERS, behold the Lamb of God 
Wh@ takes away our guilt ; 
Look to the precious, priceless blood. 
That Jews and Gentiles spilt. 

2 

From heav'n he came to seek and save^ 

Leaving his blest abode ; 
To ransom us, himself he gave ; 
Behold the Lamb of God.'^ 
S 

He came to take the sinner's place^ 
And shed his precious blood; 

Let Adam's guilty, ruin'd race, 
" Behold the Lamb of God.'^ 
4 

Sinners, to Jesus then draw near, 

Invited by his word ; 
The chief of sinners need not fear j 
Behold the Lamb ofGod.'^ 

r 2 



102 CHARACTERS OF CHRIST. 



5 

Backsliders too, the Saviour calls, 

And washes in his blood 3 
Arise, return from grievous falls ; 
Behold the Lamb of God." 

In ev'ry state, and time, and place^ 
Naught plead but Jesu's blood ; 

However wretched be your case, 
" Behold the Lamb of God.'' 
7 

[Spirit of grace, to us apply 
Immanuel's precious blood ; 

That we may wdlh thy saints on high^ 
Behold the Lamb ol God.] 

40S (First Part) 6. 4. HiWs 

iVorthy the Lamh^ Rev. v. 12. 
LORY to God on high 5 
Let heav'n and earth reply, 
" Praise ye his name 
His love and grace adore. 
Who all our sorrows bore | 
And sing for evermore, 
" Worthy the Lamb 

2 

All they around the throne 
Cheenully join in one, 

Praising his name : 
We, who have felt his blood 
Sealhig our peace with God, 
Sound his dear name abroad, 

" Worthy the Lamb.'' 
S 

Join all ye ransomM race, 
Qur Lord ajid God to bless j 
Praise ye his name : 



CHARACTEIIS OF Ci^RIST. XQ? 



In him we will rejoice^ 
And make a joyful noise ; 
Shouting with heart and voice^ 
" Worthy the Lamb.'' 
4 

What tho' we change our placCj 
Yet we shall never cease 

Praising his name ; 
To him our songs we bring 5 
Hail him our gracious King ; 
And without ceasing sing, 

" Worthy the Lamb.'' 

[See also Hymns 51, 390, and 677.] 

102(Second Pt.)C. M. Doddridge, 

Leader of the BUndy Isaiah xlii. I6. 

PRAISE to the Saviour's matchless love^ 
Who gives the blind their sight ; 
And scatters round their wondring eyes 
A flood of sacred light. 

2 

In paths unknown he leads tliem on, 

To his divine abode ; 
And shews new miracles of grace, 

Thro' all the heav'nly road. 

3 

.[The ways all rugged and perplex'd,^ 

He renders smooth and straight 
^And strengthens ev'ry feeble knee, 
. To march to Zion's gate.] 
4 

; Thro' all the path I'll sing his name^ 

Till I the mount ascend, 
I Where toils and storms are known no mor^j 
And anthems never end. 



103, 104 CHARACTtRS OF CHRIST* 



103 L. M. Steele. 

Life J John xiv. 19 • 
HEN sins and fears prevailing rise, 
And fainting hope almost expires^ 
Jesusj to thee I lift mine eyes, — 
To thee I breathe my souPs desires. 

2 

Art thou not mine, my living Lord ? 
And can my hope^ — my comfort die, 
Fix'd on thy everlasting word ; 
That word which built the earth and sky ? 
3 

If my immortal Saviour lives. 
Then my immortal life is sure ; 
His v/ord a firm foundation gives : 
Here let me build and rest secure* 
4 

Here let my faith unshaken dwell ; 
Immoveable the promise stands ; 
Not all the powTs of earth, or hell^ 
Can e're dissolve the sacred bands, 
5 

Here, O my soul, thy trust repose i 
If Jesus is for ever mine, 
^Gi death itself, that la^t of foes, 
Shall break a union so divine. • 

4 04 L. M. Hoski?!?, 

Light y Isaiah ix. 2. 2 Cor. iv. 6. 

GREAT Light of life, thou nature^s Lord, 
Bring light from darkness by thy word : 
Shine in our hearts, in mercy shine, 
To give the light of trudi divine. 

2 ■ 

Light of our souls ! thyself reveal ; 
Thy pow'r, and presence let us feel 5 
And know, and see the wondrous things 
©oaceal'd frcm prophets^, priesls^ andki«gf» 



CHAR/iCTERS OF CHRIST 105 



3 

in the dear face of Christ, our God, 
His righteousness and pard'ning bloody 
jMay we behold our All in All, — 
And at his foot of mercy fall. 

4 

There thy perfections shine most bright ; 
May we behold ihem with delight ; 
And see how justice, truth, and grcice 
Unite, and smile in Jesu's face. 

b 

. Great Sun of righteousness ! arise. 
Open our long benighted eyes ; 
Shine, Jesus, shine from day to day, 
'Till all that's dark be done away. 

105 L. M. Medley. 

Living Stoney 1 Peter ii. 4. 
r OME, h ippy souls, who know the Lorcl, 
L >^ Who love and trust his sacred word 5 
With songs of praise address his throne^ 
And Jesus sing, ^' the Living stone.'^ 
2 

Chosen of God, and precious too 

Is he in each believer's view : — 

Built upon him, and 'stablishM here^ 
^They all as living stones appear.] 
W 3 

Here the great builder, God, will raise 

A house, a temple, for his praise ; 

Here gospel sacrinres claim 

A cceptance, thro' the Saviour's name. 

4 

ii}\v the vast building, see it rise, 
1 he work, how strone? the plan, how wise !. 
Ceauty and gran^leur. all divine, 
'IhrougliQui the whole resplendent shine. 



1Q6 CHARACTERS OF CHRIST. 



5 

[Where'er I cast my eyes abroad, 
I see the labours of a God, 
And, thro' the whole there's not a stone 
But cost the builder's heart a groan.] 

Soon shall the top-stone forth be brought, 
To crown the work his love has wrought : 
And, to the praise of sovVeign grace, 
Shall loud hosannas fill the place* 
7 

Jesus, I fly alone to thee ; 

A living stone, O may I be. 

With which thou wilt this building raise, 

A glorious structure to thy praise. 

[For Lord, see Hymn 66.] 

106 L. M. Med/eu. 

Lovmg'khid/iess, Psalm Ixiii. 7» 

A¥/AKE, my soul, in joyful lays, 
And sing thy great Redeemer's praise 
He justly claims a song from thee, 
His loving-kindness, O how free ! 

2 

He saw me ruin'd in the fall. 
Yet lov'd me notwithstanding all ; 
He sav'd me from my lost estate, 
His loving:kindness, O how great ! 

3 

Tho' nuniTous hosts of mighty foes, 
Tho' earth and hell my way oppose, 
He safely leads my soul along, 
His loving-kindness, O how strong ! 

4 

[When trouble, like a gloomy cloud. 
Has gathered thick and thundered loiid^ 
lie near my soul has alwaj/s stood, 
I J is loving-kindness O how gpocU] 



CHARACTERS OF CHRIST. 107 



5 

iOften I feel my sinful heart 
Prone from my Jesus to depart ; 
But tho' 1 have him oft forgot. 
His loving-kindness changes not*] 
6 

Soon shall I pass the gloomy vale. 
Soon all my mortal powVs must fail 

i may my last expiring breath 
His loving-kindness, sing in death ! 

7 . 

[Then let me mount and soar away 
To the bright worlds of endless day ; 
And sing with rapture and surprise) 
His loving-kindness in the skies.] 

107 h. Kent 

This Man shall he the Peaces Micah v. 5* 

PEACE, by his cross, hath Jesus made^ 
The church's everlasting head ; 
O'er hell, and sin, hath victV}^ won, 
And, with a shout to glory gone, 

o 

Then, why, dejected saint, dost thou 
Thy sorrov/s nurse, thy head thus bow ? 

1 Eternal truth dechires to thee, 

This glorious man thy peace shall be/^ 
3 

I ! When o'er thy head the billows roll^ 
1 J^^rid shades of sin obscure thy soul ; 
' IWhen thou canst no deliv'rance see, 
1 1' Yet still this man thy jjeace shall be*^' 
4 

tribulation's thorny maze, 
)r on the mount of sov'reign grace, 
)r in the fire, or thro' the sea, 
I'his glorious man thy peace siiall be.'^ 



108, 109 CHARACTERS OF CHRIST. 



5 

Yea, when thine eye of faith is dim. 
Rest thou thy all alone on him ; 
And at his footstool bow the knee. 
And Israel's God thy peace shall be. 

108 C. M. Cenniok. 

Melcliisedec, Heb. v. 6. 
ril HOU dear Redeemer, dying Lamb 1 
M. I love to hear of thee ; 
iN^o music's like thy charming name. 
Nor half so sv/eet can be. 

2 

O may I ever hear thy voice. 

In mercy to me speak ; 
And in m.y priest will I rejoice, 

Thou great jMelchisedec. 

3 

My Jesus shall be still my theme, 

While on this earth I stay ; 
I'll sing my Jesu's lovely namCj 

When all things else decay, 
4 

When I appear in yonder cloud, 
With all his favoured throng ; 

Then will I sing more sweet, more loud^ 
And Christ shall be my song. Hal. 

409 7s. (F- . 

Melckisedec, Ger xiv. IS. 19* 




ING of Salem, bless mv sou 
. Make a wounded sinner whole ! 



King of righteousness and peace, 
Let nut thy sweet visits cease. 

2 

Come I reTre'ih this soii^ of mine. 
With tiiy sacred bread and wine ! 



CHARACTERS OF CHRIST, IIQ 



All thy love to me unfold^ 
. Half of which cannot be told, 
3 

Hail, P^elchisedec divine ! 
Thou, great high-priest, shalt be mine 5 
All my powTS Ijefore thee fall, — 
Take not tithe, but take them all. 

110 C. iVI Beck\^ Col 

Messenger of the Covenant^ Mai. iii. l-^ 

JESUS, commissioned from above, 
Descends to men below ; 
And shews from whence the springs of love 
In endless currents flow. 

2 

He, whom the boundless heav'n adores. 

Whom angels long to see, 
Quitted with joy those blissful shores^ 

Ambassadoi to me ! 

3 

[To me, a worm, a sinful clod^ 

A rebel all forlorn ; 
A foe, a traitor to my God^ 
* And of a traitor born.] 

4 

To me, who never sought his grace, 

,Who mock'd his sacred word ; 
Who never knew, or lov'd his face^ 
And all his will abhorrM. 

' 5 ' . 

I [To me who could not even praise, . 

W^hen his kind heart 1 knew ; 
j But sought a thousand devious ways^ 
' Rather than keep the true.] 
6 

I if jet this redeeming Angel carae^ 
I vile a worm to bless ; 



Ill CHARACTERS OF CHRIST. 



He took with gladness all my shame, 
And save his righteousness. 

7 

Oj that my languid heart might glow 

With ardour all divine ! 
4ndj for more love than seraphs know, 
" Like burning seraphs shine ! 

Ill L. M. Xeedham. 

Messiah, Gen, xlix. iO. Dan. ix. 26. Hag. ii. 9 
LORY to God, who reigns above, 
Who dwells in light, whose name is love 
Ye saints and angels if ye can. 
Declare the love of God to man. 

O, what can more his love commend; 
Than his dear only Son to send ! ^ 
That man, condemn'd to die, might live . 
And God be glorious to forgive ! 

3 

[Messiah's come,— with joy behold 
The days by prophets long foretold 5 
Judah, thy royal sceptre's broke. 
And time still proves what Jacob spoke. 
4 

Daniel, thy weeks are all expir'd,— 

The time prophetic seals requir d ; [ 

Cut off for sins, but not his own. 

Thy prince Messiah did atone. 

Thy famous temple, Solomon. 
Is by the latter far outshone ; 
It wanted not thy glltt'ring store, 
IMessiah^s presence grac'd it more.J 
6 

We see the prophecies lulfilPd 

la Jesusj that most wond'rous child : 




CHARACTERS OF CHRIST. 112 



Hisbirthj his life , his death, combine 
To prove his character divine. 

7 

JesMS, thy gospel firmly stands, 
A blessing to these favoured lands ; 
i No infidel shall be our dread, 
Since thou art risen from the dead. 

H2 L. M. Medleif. 

Morning Star J Rev. xxii. l6. 
ITH joy, ye saints, attend, and raise 
Your voices in harmonious praise 5 
; Bless'd Spirit ! ev'ry heart prepare, 
" To sing the bright, the Morning-star. 

2 

In glory bright, the Saviour reigns, 
! And endless grandeur there sustains ; 
We view his beams, and from afar 
" Hail him, the bright, the Morning-star.^' 

3 

Bless'd Star \ where'er his lustre shines. 
He all the soul, with grace refines ; 
And makes each happy saint declare, 
" He is the bright, the Morning-star.- 
4 

Sweet Star ! his influence is divine ; 
Life, peace, and joy, attending shine; 
1 Death, heil, and sin, before him flee ; 
The bright, the Morning-star is he.'' 
5 

I Great Star, in W'lom salvation dweUs, 
I His beam the .hickest cloud dispels; 
Tho o-ross.-st darkness Oies alar, 
iJelbre thl-; bright, this Morning-star.'^ 
6 

Most glorious Star ! he i'\y,\\ our guide, 
Nor from our scnis thy sp;endour hide ; 
^et notMr-: \\\y sweet b^ams deb^jr, 
^ 1 hou only bright and MorninM-siar/^ 




113 CHARACTERS OF CHRIST 



7 • 

Eternal Star ! our son^s shall rise, 
When we shall meet thee in the skies ; 
And in eternal anthems there 
" Praise thee^ the bri' ht^ the JMorning-star 

113 L. M Mmley. 

One thing needful, Luke x. 42. 

JESUS5 engi'ave it on my heart, 
That thou the one thing needful art : 
I could from all things parted be, 
But never, never, Lord from thee ! 

2 - 

Needful art thou to make me live ; 
Needful art thou all grace to give^ 
Needful to guide me lest 1 stray, 
Needful to help me evVy day. 

3 

Needful is thy most precious blood 5 
Needful is thy correcting rod 5 
Needibl is thy indulgent care. 
Needful thy alLprevailing pray'r. 

4 

Needful thy presence, dearest Lord^ 
True peace and comfort to afford ; 
Nee iful thy promise, to impart 
Fresh life and vigour to my heart. 

5 

Needful art thou to be my staj^, 
Thro' all life's dark and thorny way j 
Nor less in death tliou'lt neediiil be, 
When I yield up my soul to thee. 

6 

[Needful art thou to raise my dust 
In shining glory with [lie jasi ; 
Nciu = Ui^ vdien l in heav'n appear, 
To cr^wn^ aiid 10 •jreseni me there^ 



CHARACTERS OF CHRIST, 114 



7 

Keedfui art thou, my Lord, my love ! 

To tune my golden harp above ; 

Needfai art thou, my God, my King ! 

While to eternity I sing. 

' 8 

Then shall my soul with joy supreme,; 

Dwell on the dear delightful theme, 

Glory and praise be ever his^ 

^ The one thmg needful,^' Jesus is !] 

114 L. M Kent. 

Passover, Ex. xii 7-13. 1 Cor. v. 7* 8 
rriHE paschal Lamb which Israel slew^ 
_I_ Ye seed of Jacob, speaks to you ; 
Holds Jesus forth from blemish free^, 
Whose blood's a peaceful sign to thee. 

2 

{If sprinkled o*er thy conscience now, 
low greatly lovM and blest art thou ! 
Thousands there are who never see 
iThis peaceful sign made known to thee* 

3 

'Made known to whom ? — to those approved * 
God's own elect, — in Christ belov'd :— 
They, only they a,re led to see. 
This peaceful sign made known to thee.J 
4 

hen why, my soul, shoaldst thou despair^ 
nd doul3t thy Saviour's constant care ? 

Torn from himself, thou carst not be, 

His blood's a peaceful sign to thee. 

5 

And when tby God shall bid thoe rise 
iTo join the chorus of tlie skies ; 
U his thy support in death shall be, 
liis blood's a peaceful sign to thee. 

[See also Hymns 124 and 558.] 



115; 116 CHARACTERS OF CHRIST, 



115 C. M. Steele. 

Fearl of great Price, Matt. xiii. 46, 

YE glitt'ring toys of earth adieu ! 
A nobler choice be mine ; 
A real prize attracts my view^, 
A treasure all divine. 

2 

Begone, unworthy of my cares, 
Ye specious baits of sense ; — 

Inestimable worth appears^ 
The pearl of price immense ! 

3 

Jesus, to multitudes unknown^ — 

O, name divinely sweet ! 
JesuSj in thee, in thee alone, 

Wealth, honour,, pleasure meet* 
4 

Should both the Indies, at my call, 

Their boasted store resign 5 
With joy I w^ould renounce them all^ 

For leave to call thee mine. 

5 

Should earth's vain treasures all depart^ 

Of t\m dear gift possessM ; 
I'd clasp it to my joyful heart, 

And be for ever biessM. 

6 

Dear Sovereign of my soul's desires^ 

Thy love is bliss divine 5 
Accept the praise that grace inspires^ 

Since I can call thee mine- 

H6 CM. Mason. 

Pearl of great Price, Matt. xiii. 46# 

I'VE found the pearl of greatest price 5 
My heart exults with joy ; 



CHARACTERS OF CHRIST. 117 



And sing I must, — a Christ I have^— 
O what a Christ have I i 
2 

Christ is my father and my friend, 

My brother, and my love ; 
.My head, my hope, my counsellor, 

My advocate above. 

3 

My Christ — he is the heav'n of heav'n ; 

My Christ what shall I call ? 
Mv Christ is first, my Christ is last, 

My Christ is All in All. 

117 L. M. Steele. 

Great Fhysician^ Jer. viii. 22. 

DEEP are the wounds wdiich sin has made, 
Where shall the sinner find a cure ? 
In vain, alas ! is nature's aid ; 
The work exceeds all nature's pow'r. 

2 

Sin, like a raging fever, reigns 
With fatal strength in ev'ry part ; 
The dire contagion fills the veins, 
And spreads its poison to the heart. 

3 

And can no sovereign balm be found ? 
And is no kind physician nigh 
To ease the pain, csnd heal the wound,. 
Ere life and ho}?e for ever fly ? 

4 

There is a great Physician near ; 
Look up, O fainting >oul and live 5 
See, in his heav'nly smiles appear 
Such ease as nature cannot give ! 

5 

See, in the Saviour's dying blood, 
t*ife, health, and bliss, abundant flow f 



118 CHARACTERS OF CHRIST. 

'Tis only this dear sacred flood 
Can ease thy pain and heal thy woe, 

[See also Hymn 58.] 

418 C. M. Bech 

Phi/sicianj ?vlatt. iv. 23. 24. 

JESUS, since thou art still to-day 
As j^esterday — the same ; 
Present to heal, — in me display 
The virtue of thy name. 

2 

Since thou delightest still to do 

Thy needy creutures good ; 
On rae, that 1 thy praise may shew. 
Be all thy wonders shewM. 

[Leper, Mark i. 40. 41.] 
3 

Now, Lord, to thee for help I call^ 

Thy miracles repeat ! 
Witii pitying eye, behold me fall^ 

A leper at thy feet. 

4 

Loathsome, and vile, and self-abhorr'd, 

1 sink beneath my sin ; 
But, if thou wilt, a gracious word 

Of thine, can make me clean. 

[Deaf and Dumb, Mark vii. 37.] 
5 

Thou seest me deaf to thy commands, 

Open, O Lord, mine ear; 
Bid me stretch out my withered hands., 

And lift them up in pray'r. 

6 

Silent, (alas ! thou know'st how long) 
My voice I cannot raise j 



CHARACTERS OF CHRIST. 11^ 



fetit O ! when thou shalt loose my tongue 
The dumb shall sing thy praise. 

[Lame, John v. 2 — 4.] 
7 

Lame, at the pool I still am seen, 

A¥aiting to find relief ; 
While many others venture in, 

And wash away their grief. 

8 

Now speak my mind, my conscience, soundj 
And, then my strength employ ; 

Light as an hart, my soul shall bound, 
The lame shall leap for joy. 

[Blind, Matt. xx. 30.— 34.] 

9 

If thou, my God, art passing by, 

O let me find thee near ; 
Jesus, in mercy hear my cry, 

" Thou, Son of David, hear 
10 

See, I am waiting in thy way, 

For thee, the heavenly light ; 
Command me to be brought, and say, 

^' Sinner, receive thy sighi.'^ 

[Possessed, Luke viii. 35, 36.] 
11 

Cast out thy foes, and let them still 

To thy great name submit ; 
Clothe with thy righteousness, and heal^ 

And place me at thy feet. 

12 

From sin, the guilt, the pow'r, the pain^ 

Thou wilt relieve my soul 5 
Lord, I believe, and not in vain, 

For thou wilt make me wholq* 

G. 



319,120 CHARACTERS OF CHRIST, 



119 C. M. Kent. 

Physician, Mark v. 25--29. 
'E sin-sick souls, dismiss your fears^ 
The halt^ the lame, the blind : 
Come touch the garment Jesus wears^- 
Your healing there you'll find. 

2 

fSurrounded with ten tliousand cares, 

Aiid sad beyond degree ^ 
Yet in this garment Jesus wears. 

There's healing still for thee. 

3 

Come stretch the wither'd hand to-day^ 

For Christ is passing by ; 
Y^our case admits of no delay 

Unless 3^e touch., ye die. 

4 

[One touch of this celestial robe. 

Speaks pardon to the soul ; 
When sins more ponderous than the globe 

Across the conscience roll.] 
5 

Thro' ev'ry crowed to Jesus press, 
When sin torments the mind ; 

Peace, pardoning blood, and righteousness^. 
In his dear name you'll find. 

130 C. M. Anon. 

Physician, — Leper healed, Matt. viii. 2. 
ESUS, my dreadful leprosy 
Oppresses me with grief ; 
Here at thy feet 1 prostrate fall; 
For pity and relief. 

2 

r am unholy and unclean, 
Apply thy grace to me 5 



CHARACTERS OF CHRIST. 



For thou art able, if thou wilt. 
To heal my leprosy. 

3 

Compassion moves his tender heart : 
He speaks the gracious word 5 
I will/' — " be clean/' — and with a touch; 
The leprous Jew was cur'd. 

4 

Ye leprous souls, to Jesus come^^ 

With sin, a worse disease : 
^Tis he can heal your maladies. 

And give your conscience ease. 

5 

He can, by his almighty grace 

Heal each poor leprous soul : 
Come guilty, filthy, as 3^ou are^ 

And he will make you whole, 

131 C. M. Hoskim. 

Pilot ; or, the Cliristian'^ s Voyage ^ 

Acts xxvii. 44. 
ONE that embark at God's command^, 
For heav'n, can e'er be lost : 
All safe escape to Canaan's land, 
' However tempest-tost. 

2 

Tho' winds may blow, and storms aris6'^ 

And rocks and sands appear 5 
The Saviour to his people flies, 

And bids them not to fear. 

3 

Tho' seeming on destruction's brink^ 
While the dread tempests roar ; 

However toss'd they shall not sink. 
13ut safely reach the shore. 

4 

Tho' neither sun nor stars appear, 
For many days in sight 5 




122 CHARACTERS OF CHRIST. 

Trust in the Lord, be of good cheery 
And he shall guide you right. 

Then let the saints in God confide^ 

And on his promise rest : 
They sliali the storms of life outride, 

And be for ever blest. 

148th. De Courcy. 

Pilot ; ovy the Christianas Voyage^ 
Luke viii. 22. 

JESUS, at thy command^ 
I launch into the deep, 
And leave my native land, 
Where sin lulls all a sleep : 
For thee I fain would all resign, 
And sail to heav'n with thee and thin^f 
2 

What tho' the seas are broad ? 

What tho' the w aves are strong ? 

What tho' tempestuous storms 

Distress me all along ? 
Yet what are seas or stormy wind, 
Compared to Christ, the sinner's friend F 
3 

Christ is my pilot wise. 

My compass is his word, 

My soul each storm defies, 

While I have such a Lord : 
I trust his faithfulness and pow'r, 
To save me in the trying hour. 

4 

Tho' rocks, and quicksands deep, 

Thro' all my passage lie ; 

Yet Christ will safely keep. 

And guide me with his eye ; 
How can I sink with such a prop. 
That bears the w^orld and all things up ! 



CHARACTERS OF CHRIST, 123 



5 

B}^ faith I see the land,-^ 

The port of endless rez i \ 

My soul, thy sails expand. 

And fly to JesLi's breast ! 
O, may I reach the he iv'nly shore 
Where winds and waves distress no more ! 
6 

Whene'er becalm'd I iie. 

And all my storms subside \ 

Then to my succour fl}^, 

And keep me near thy side ; 
For more the treach'rous calm I dread^ 
Than tempests bursting o'er my head. 
7 

Com.e heav'nly wind, and blo\y 

A prosperous gale of grace, 

To waft me from below, 

To heav'n, my destin'd place : 
Then, in full sail, my port Pll find, 
And leave the world, and sin behind ! 

j^Plant of Renown^ see Hymn (1st Ft.) 8 4.] 

123 148th. Bodeih 

Great High-Priest, Heb. vii. 25» 

OUR great high-priest we sing 
His dying love adore ; 
We hail our rising King, 
Who lives for evermore : 
He only can our wants relieve, 
And sinners to the utmost save*. 




2 

Why then indulge despair, 
Tho' sunk in deepest guilt ? 
We hear his voice declare, 



for such his blood was spilt 



124 CHARACTERS OF CHRIST. 



In his dear hands my soul I leave^ 
For he can to the utmost save. 

3 

Believing soulsj rejoice! 

On Jesu's grace depend ; 

The objects of his choice^ 

He loves you to the end : 
With holy boldness dare believe, 
Your Lord will to the utmost save. 

124 148tb. Kent. 

Great Higli-Friest^ Heb. ix. 11—1 

BEHOLD the holy place, 
With Aaron entering in, 
To make for Israel's race 
A sacrifice for sin : 
In him the types of Jesus see, 
Who trod the holy place for thee. 

2 

[Without a victim slain, 

As constant as the day, 

None could remission gain, 

No sins were put away : 
Herein the gospel myst'ry see, 
How Christ could set the guilty free.] 
3 

Ere on the bloody tree, 

The sinner's debts he paid, 

Slain in the great decree. 

He stood the covenant head : 
'Till that divine illustrious day, 
Vv hen sin by him was borne away. 

4 

[While he expiring hung ; — 
The blood-bougbt throng on high, 
In loud hosannas sung, 
^* Redemption's now brought nigh 



CHARACTERS OF CHRIST. 125,126 



They went to heav'n to rest with Godj 
Upon the credit of his blood.] 
5 

His sacrifice to God, 

Hath pleasM the Father well j 

The odours of his blood. 

Afford a fragant smell ; 
FerfumM with this his saints shall rise. 
To realms of bliss beyond the skies. 

I^For Prophet; Priest, and King, see Hymn 492.] 

125 L. M. Gibbons. 

Ransom J Isaiah Ixi. 2. 
^'^"I" COME,'' the great Redeemer cries, 
_1_ A year of freedom to delare, 
From debts and bondage to discharge, 
And Jews and Greeks the grace shall share. 
2 

A. day of vengeance I proclaim, 
^* Bat not on man the storm shall fall 5 
" On me its thunders shall descend. 

My strength, my love sustain them all." 
3 

Stupendous favor ! matchless grjice ! 
Jesds has died that we might live : 
Not worlds below, nor worlds above, 
Could so divine a ransom give. 

4 

To him, who lov'd our ruin'd race, 
And for our lives laid dov/n his own, 
Let songs of joyful praises rise, 
Sublime, eternal as his throne. 

129 C. M. Medley. 

My Record is on Jiigh^ Job xvi. 19- 

MY soul arise ! shake off thy fears, 
And wipe thy sorrow* dry j 



€27 CHARACTERS OF CHRIST^ 



Jesus, in heav'n thy witness bears^ 
Thy record is on high. 

2 

Above this world of sins and pains, 

Beyond the ghtt'ring sky. 
My witness still in heav'n remains^ 

My record is on high. 

3 

Cheerful I'll bow to all his will. 

And at his footstool lie ; 
Sly witness lives in heav'n, and still 

My record is on high. 

4 

Behold my soul, whatever betides^ 
Thou shalt not, canst not die ; 

My witness still in heaven abides^ 
My record is on high. , 
5 

Thus while I sing of Christ, my Lor^^j 

And angels' harps out\ ie, 
;^y witness lives in heav'n ador'd, 

My record is on high. 

127 L. M. Medlem 

I Jcnow that my Redeemei" livetk^ Job xix. 

I Know that my Redeemer lives ; 
What comfort this sweet sentence gives . 
He lives, he lives who once was dead^ 
He lives my everlasting head ! 

2 

I He lives triumphant from the grave, 
le lives eternally to save. 
He lives all glorious in the sky, 
He lives exalted there on high.] 
3 

He lives to bless me with his love^ 
He Ywm to plead for me above ; 



CHARACTERS OF CHRIST. 



He lives my hungry soul to feedj 
He lives to help in time of need, 
4 

[He lives to grant me rich supply^ 
He lives to guide me with his eye 5 
He lives to comfort me when faint. 
He lives to hear my soul's complaint. 

5 

He lives to silence ail my fears, 
He lives to stop and v/ipe my tears ; 
He lives to calm ray troubled hearty 
He lives all blessings to impart. 

6 

He lives my kind, wise, heavenly friend, 
He lives, and loves me to the end ; 
He lives, and while he lives I'll sing, 
He lives my prophet, priest, and king. 

7 ^ 

lie lives and grants me daily breathy 
He Jives and I shall conquer death 5 
He lives my mansion to prepare, 
He lives to bring me safely tliere ! 

8 

[He lives, all glory to his name ! 
He live^, my Jesus, still the same 5 

the sweet joy this sentence gives, 

1 know that my Redeemer lives !] 

128 L. :M. Kent. 

Praise to the Redeemer^ Lev. xvi. 21. 

O! THAT I had a seraph's fire, 
His raptVous song and golden lyre^ 
To chant the love and ^race sup eme, 
Reveal'd as in the gospel scheme. 

2 

Here's pardon for transgressions past, 
it matters not how black their cast 5 
G 2 



129 CHARACTERS OF CHIilsf , 



And O, my soul^ with wonder view. 
For sins to come, here's pardon too. 

3 

When Jesus dyM, their debts were paid, 
Whose sin lay on this Scape-Goat's head J 
Was to the trackless desert drove, 
And buried in eternal love. 

4 

In this abyss of love profound, 
When sought for they shall not be found ^ 
Hid from Jehovah's piercing eye. 
There, in oblivion's shades they lie. 

5 

The nation^ thus redeem'd from sin, 
Were chosen, lov'd, and blest in him ; 
And v/hile he lives, they ne'er shall die, 
For they are hiSj by cov'nant-tie. 

129 C. M. Steele. 

Praise to the Redeemer, 1 Peter iii. 1 Si 

TO our Redeemer's glorious name 
Awake ihe sacred song ! 
O may his love immortal flame !) 
Tune ev'ry heart and tongue. 

His love, what mortal thought can rfeacfi ? 

What mortal tongue display ? 
Imagination's utmost stretch 

In wonder dies away. 

He left his radiant throne on hi2"li, 

Left the bright realms of bliss. 
And came to ea] th to bleed and die ! 

Was ever love like this ? 

4 

Jtle took the dying traitor's placCj 
Ana sutler in his stead j 



CHARACTERS OF CHRIST. IS^ 



For man, (O miracle of grace \) 
For man the Saviour bled I 
5 

Dear Lord, what heav'niy wonders dwell 

In thy atoning blood ! 
By this are sinners snatch'd from hell^ 

And rebels brought to God. 

6 

O may the sweet, the blissful theme, 

Fill ev'ry heart and tongue ; 
^Till strangers kve thy charming namc^ 

And join the sacred song. 

130 C. M. Meijer^s Cot 

Hedecmer pi^aised by Angels^ 1 Tim. iii 

BEYOND the glitt'ring starry skies^ 
Far as th' eternal hills. 
There, in the boundless v^orlds of light^ 
Our dear Redeemer dwells. 

2 

Legion? of angels round his throne, 

In countless armies shine ; 
At his right hand, with golden harps j 

They offer songs divine. 

3 

^' Hail, glorious Prince of peace," they cryj 
Whose unexampled love 
Mov'd thee to quit those blissful realnisy 
" And royalties above.'' 
4 

Thro' all his travels here below^ 

They did his steps attend ; 
Oft w^ondMng, how, or where, at last, 

This mystic scene would end ! 

5 

They saw his heart transfix'd with woupdj?^ 
And view'd the crimson gore ; 



ISl CHARACTERS OF CHRIST. 

They saw him break the bars of death^ 
Which none e^er broke before. 

6 

They brought his chariot from above. 

To bear him to his throne 3 
Clapp'd their triumphant wings, and cry*d. 
The glorious work is done.-* 

131 8s. Francis. 

Praise to the PvPcJeemer, 
"^/TY gracious Redeemer I love ! 
J_yi His praises aloud I'll proclaim^ 
And join with the armies above, 
To shout his adorable name ; 

2 

Tq gaze on his glories divine 
Shall be my eternal employ. 
And feel them incessantly shine, 
JMy boundless ineffable joy. 



He freely redeemed vrith his blood. 
'My scul from the confines of hell, 
To live on the smiles of my God, 
And in his sweet presence to dwell f 
4 

[To shine, with the angels of light ; 
With saints, and willi seraphs to sing : 
To vicv/ vv^idi eternal delight, 
..My Jesus, my Saviour, my King. 

Ye palaces, sceptres, and crowns, 
Your pride with disdain I survey ; 
Your pomps are but shadows and sounds, 
And pass in a moment awav.] 
6 

The crown that my Saviour bestou'S, 
Yon permanent sun shall outshine ; 
My joy everlastingly flows,— 
iSly God; my Redeemer^ is mine* 



CHARACTERS OF CHRIST. 132 



133 7s. Conyeris Col. 

Refuge for the Tempted^ Beut. xxxiii. 27- 

JESUS ! lover of my soul. 
Let me to thy bosom fly^ 
"While the billows near me roll,— - 
While the tempest still is high ; 

2 

Hide me, O my Saviom' ? hicle^ 
Till the storm of life is past ; 
Safe into the haven guide ; 
O, receive my soul at last ! 

O 

Other refuge have I none, — 
Hangs my helpless soul on thee ! 
Leave, ah ! leave me not alone ! 
Still support and comfort me ! 

4 

All my trust on thee is stayM ; 
All my help from thee I bring } 
Cover my defenceless head 
With the shadow of thy wing. 

5 

Thou, O Christ ! art all I want ; 
iMore than All in thee I find : - 
Raise the fallen, cheer the faint, 
ileal the sick, and lead the blind ; 

6 

Just and holy is thy name, 
I am all unrighteousness ! 
\ ile, and full of sin I am, — 
Thou art full of truth and grace, 
7 

Plenteous grace with thee is found,- 
Crace to pardon all my sin ; 
Let the healing streams abound 5 
Let me feel them flow within : 



133 CHxlRACTERS OF CHRIST. 



8 

Thou of life the fountain art 
Freely let me take of thee ! 
Spring thou up within m}' heart; — 
Rise to all eternity ! 

1:?3 8s. Maxxvell. 

Unsearchable Richer of Ch ist^ Ep'i. iii. 8 
OW Shall I my Saviour set forth ? 
How shall I his beauties declare ? 
O how shall I speak of his worth, 
Or what his chief dignities are ? 

2 

His angels can never express. 
Nor saints, who sit nearest his throne, 
How rich are his treasures of grace 
O no ! tis a myst'ry unknown, 
3 

[In him, all the fulness of God 
For ever transcendently shines ; 
The Father's anointed, he stood 
To finish his glorious designs.] 
4 

Tho' once he was naiPd to the cross, . 
Vile rebels fast bound to set free, 
His glory sustained no loss, — 
Eternal his kingdom shall be. 

5 

O sinners, believe and adore. 
This Saviour so rich to redeem ! 
No creature can ever explore, 
The treasures of goodness in him : 
6 

[Come sinners, who see yourselves lost, 
And feel yourselves burden'd with sin : 
Draw^ near, while with terror you're toss"d; 
Relieve and your peace sliall begin.] 




CHARACTERS OF CHRIST. 134 



_ r 

He riches has ever in store, 

A:)d treasures that never can waste ; 

He e's pardon, here'^s grace, yea and more^ 

Here's glory eternal at last. 

134 L. M. TFesley. 

Lord, our Righteousness, Jer. xxiii. 6$ 

JESUS, thy blood and righteousness 
My beauty are, my glorious dress, 
'Midst flaming worlds, in these array'd^ 
With joy shall I lift up my head. 

2 

When, from the dust of death, I rise 
To claim my mansion in the skies 3 
E'en then shall this be all my plea, 
Jesus hath liv'd and dy'd for me.'^ 
3 

Bold shall I stand in that great day, 
For who aught to my charge shall lay ? 
Fully thro' thee, absolv'd i am, 
From sin's tremendous curse and shame; 
4 

Thus Abraham, the friend of God, 
Thus all the armies bought with bloody 
Saviour of sinners, thee proclaim ! 
Sinners, — of whom the chief I am. 

5 

This spotless robe the same appears 
When ruin'd nature sinks in years s 
INo age can change its glorious hue^ 
The robe of Christ is ever new. 

6 

O let the dead now hear thy voice ! 
INow bid thy banish'dones rejoice ! 
Ti^eir beauty this, their piorious dress^ 
Jesus, the Lord^ our Righteousness, 



135 CHARACTERS OF CHRfST. 



135 (First Part.) L. M. Xexvfon, 

That Rock teas Christy Ex. xvii. 6. 1 Coi*. x 4. 
"HEN Israel's tribes were parch'd with 
thirst. 

Forth from the rock the waters burst ; 
And all their future journey thro' 
Yielded thern drink and comfort too. 

2 

In Moses' rod a type they saw^ 
Of his severe and fiery law ; 
The smitten rock preligurM him^ 
From whose pierc'd side all blessings stream, 
3 

But ah ! the types were all too faint, 
-His sorrows or his w^orth to paint ; 
Slight was the stroke of Moses'' rod. 
But he endurd the wrath of God, 

4 ^ 
Their outward rock could feel no pain, 
But ours was wounded, bruised, and slain ^ 
That rock gave but a wat'ry flood. 
But Jesus pour'd forth streams of blood. 

5 

The earth is like their wilderness, 
A land of drought and sore distress ; 
Without one stream from pole to pole 
To satisfy a thirsty soul. 

6 

But let the Saviour's praise resound ; 
In him refreshing streams are fo'.md ; 
Which pardon, strength, and comfort give, 
^nd thirsty sinners drink, and live. 

135 (Second Part.) L. M. 

Cleft of the Rock, Ex. xxxiii. 22. 

GREAT Rock, for v/eary sinners made, 
When storms of shi infest the soul'3 



CHARACTERS OF CHRIST. 135 



Here will I rest my weary headj 

When lightnings blaze, and thunders roll. 

o 

Within the cleft of his dear side, 
^ There all his saints in safety dwell | 
For who from Jesus shall divide ? — 
Not all the rage of eailh or hell ! 

3 

Elest with the pardon of her sin , 
My soul beneath this shade would lie ^ 
And sing the love that took me in, 
While thousands in transgression die» 
4 

O sacred covert from the beams. 
That on the weary traveller beat : 
How welcome are thy shades and streams^ 
How blest, how sacred, and how sweet. 

135 (Third Part.) 7s. Toplady, 

Rock of Ages, Isaiah xxvi. 4. 
OCK of ages ! cleft for me ! 
Let me hide myself in thee ! 
Let the water and the blood, 
From thy wounded side which fiow'd^ 
Be of sin the double cure ; 
Cleanse me from its guilt, and pow'ri 
2 

Not the labor of my hands 
Can fulfil thy law's demands ; 
Could my zeal no respite knoWj 
Could my tears lor ever flow ; 
All for sin could not atone ; 
Thou must save, and thou alone, 
3 

Nothing in my hand I bring, 

,Simply to thy cross I cling ; 
j Naked, come to thee for dress, 
I flQ]p](iF.^y look to thee for grace 5 




136 CHARACTERS OF CHRIST. 



Black ! I to the fountain fly, 
Wash me, Saviour, or I die. 

4 

While I draw this fleeting breath, 
When my eye-strings break in death i 
When I soar to worlds unknown. 
See thee @n thy judgment throne j 
Rock of ages, shelter me ! 
Let me hide myself in thee ! 

136 lis. Bemiet. 

Lead me to tlie Rock^ Psalm Ixi. 2. 

CONYINC'D as a sinner, to Jesus I come, 
Inform- d by the gospel for such. there is 
room ; 

Overw^helm'd with sorrow for sin will I cry, 
Lead me to the rock, that is higher than I 
2 

When tempted by satan my Saviour to leave, 
Who sets forth religion as meant to deceive, 
I'll claim my relation to Jesus, on high, 
The rock of salvation, that's higher than I ! 

3 

When God from my soul shall his presence re- 
move, 

To try by his absence the strength of my love, 
1*11 rest" on the promise of Jesus, and try 
The force of that rock, which is higher than I ! 
4 

W' hen sorely afllicted and ready to faint, 
Before my Redeemer, I'll spread my complaint ^ 
'Iviidst storms and distresses, my soul shall rely 
On Jesus, the rock that is higher than 1 ! 
5 

When weak and encompassed with numberless 
foes, 

Attempting my happiness here to oppose^ 



CHARACTERS OF CHRIST. 137 



V\l look to the Saviour of sinners, and cry, 
" Lead me to tlie rock, that is higher than I 
6 

[When I my poor feelings with others compare^ 
And learn from reflection what mercies I share ! 
My backsliding heart, is constrained to reply, 
Lead me to the rock, that is higher than I 
7 

"When jiidgmentSj O Lordj are abroad in the 
land, 

And merited vengeance descends from thy hand^ 
Overwhelm M with the sight, for protection I'll fly. 
And hide in the rock, that is higher than I !] 
8 

When summoned by death, before God to appear^ 
Thy free-grace supporting, I'll yield without 
fear ; 

Most gladly I'll venture, with Jesus on high, 
To enter the rock, that is higher than I ! 
9 

'^Tis there, with the chosen of Jesus, I long 
To dwell, and eternally join in the song 
Of praising and blessing, with angels on high, 
Christ Jesus, the rock, that is higher than I ! 

137 L. M. Medley. 

Root and Offspring of Davidj Rev. xxii. l6. 

ALL hail, thou great Immanuel ! 
Thy love, thy glory, who can tell ? 
Angelsj and all the heavenly host, 
Are in the boundless prospect lost. 

2 

Mortals, witli reverential songs. 
Take this dear name upon your tongues ^ 
With holy fear attempt his praise, 
In solemn, yet triumphant lays. 

3 

; Among a thousand forms of bve, 
I In which he shines and smiles above 



138 CHARACTERS OF CHRIST, 



This with peculiar joy we view^ 
He's David's root and offspring too. 

4 

There Jesus in the glorious plan 
Shines^, the great God, th^ wondrous MAN 
As GoDj the root of ail our bliss, 
As MAN, the branch of righteousness. 

5 

[All hailj thou dear redeeming Lord ! 
All hail, thou co-essential word ! 
All hail, thou root and branch divine !, 
Ail hail, and be the glory thine !] 

138 L M. Wheeler, 

Rose of Sharon y Cant. ii. 1. 

EE from the vineyard Jesus comes, 
k3 Bringing his spice and rich perfumes 
When shades of night my eye-lids close, 
Sweet is the smell of Sharon's Rose. 

2 

His beauty's white with lovely grace, 
When thro' the garden him I trace, 
'Tis by the sweet perfumes which flow 
That I the rose of Sharon know. 

3 

[If him I trace tQ calvary, 

And see him hang, and bleed, and diCj 

1 view the wound that open'd wide, 
The Rose of Sharon's pierced side, 

4 

Of matchless love my soul can tell. 
He hath redeeia'd ivsy soul from hell ; 
His wounds pour'd out a double flood^ 
The Rose of Sharon's red with blood. 

5 

When I am numbered with the dead, 
And my remains in dust are laid j 



CHARACTERS OF CHRIST. 139; 140 



My grave has no malignant air^ 
The rose of Sharon rested there. 

6 

When the last trumpet loud shall sound, 
And wake my dust beneath the ground^ 
I snail arise, rejoice to hear 
The Rose of Sharon is so near. 

7 

Then shall I with my God ascend, 
To dwell where pleasures never end : 
Of Sharon's glories I shall sing, 
My Lord, my Saviour, and my King.] 

139 S. M. Aiirm. 

Rose o f Sharon y Can. ii. 1* 

IN Sharon's lovely Rose, 
Immortal beauties shine ; 
its sweet, ret'reshing fragrance shows 
Its origin divine. 

2 

How blooming and how fair !— 
O may my happy breast 
This lovely Rose for ever wear, 
And be supremely blest ! 

140 11 ^th, Bi^ackenbiirif s CoU 

Samson^ Jiidges xvi. 29. 30. 

SAMSON the theatre overthrew, 
And thousands at his death he slew i 
But lo ! our Saviour from the skies, 
A more triumphant conqueror dies : 
A nobler victory obtains. 
And heav'n for all his Israel gains. 

2 

He, by the pangs of death opprest, 
With out-stretch'd hands the pillars wrest } 
CompassM with foes he bow'dhis head, 
F or mercy, not for vengeance pray'd : 



141 CHARACTERS OF CHRIST, 



Utter'd his last expiring groan, 
And piiiPd th' infernal kingdom down^ 
3 

The author dire of sin and death, 
He slew by yielding up his breath, 
The powers of darkness he destroyed, 
And made their hellish boastings void : 
DyYl with Phihstines, — but arose 
Triumphant o'er his slaughtered foes* 

141 CM. Stf^ele. 

Saviour^ John iv. 42. 

THE Saviour ! O what endless charms^. 
Dvveii in the blissful sound ! 
Its influence ev'ry fear disarms, 
And spreads sweet comfort round.. 

2 

Here pardon, life, and joys divine^ 

In rich effusion flow ; 
For guilty rebels lost in sin, 

And doom'd to endless woe. 

3 

Th' almighty former of the skies 

Stoop 'd to our vile abode ; 
While angels view'd, with w^ond'ring eye% 

And hail- d th' incarnate God ; 

4 

O the rich depths of love divine, 

Of bliss a boundless store ! 
Dear Saviour let me call thee mine j 

I cannot wish for more ! 

5 

On thee alone my hope relies, 

Beneath thy cross 1 fall ; 
My Lord, my life, my sacrifice, 

My Saviour, and my all ! 



CHARACTERS OF CHRIST. 

I 143 C. M. Ht^ginbuthom. 

Good Shepherd^ John x. 11. 

TO thee, my Shepherd and my Lord; 
A grateful song I'll raise 5 
O let the meanest of thy flock 
Attempt to speak thv praise. 

'2 

Vain the attempt ! what tongue can speak 

A subject so divine ! 
Do justice to so vast a theme. 

And praise a love like thine ! 

3 

Love, that could bring thy willing feet 
From that blest world on high ! 

From thy great Father's dear embrace^^ 
To labour, bleed, and die ! 

4 

]My life, my joy, my hope, 1 owe 

To this amazing love j 
Ten thousand, thousand comforts here^ 

And nobler bliss above. 

5 

To thee my trembling spirit flies, 

With sin and grief opprest ; 
Thy gentle voice dispels my fears. 

And lulls my cares to rest. 

6 

[Nay, should I walk thro' death's dark vale. 

With double horrors spread. 
Thy rod would guide my doubtful steps, 

And guard my drooping head. 

7 

Lead on, dear Shepherd ! led by thee, 

No evil shall I fear ; 
f?oon shall I reach thy fold above, 

And praise thee better there.} 



143 y 144 CHARACTERS OF CHRIST. 



143 C. M. DoddriJge. 

Omnipotent Shepherd^ John x. 29. 30» 

IN one harmonir)iis cheerful song, 
Ye happy saints, combme ; 
Loud let it sound from evTj tongue, . 
The Saviour is divine. 

2 

The least, the feeblest of the sheep 
. To him the Father gave ; 
Kind is his heart the charge to keep. 
And strong his arm to save. 

3 

That hand, which heav'n and earth sustainSj 

And bars the gates of hell, 
And rivets satan down in chains, 

Shall guard his chosen well. 

4 

[Now let th' infernal lion roar, 

How vain his threats appear ; 
When he can match Jehovah's pow'r^ 

1 will begin to fear.] 



144 (First Fart) 7s. HiWs Col 



Seeking the Shepherd^ s little Flock ^ Can. i. 
ri~'1 ELL me. Saviour^ front abov^e, 



Where thy little flock abide, 
Sheher'd near thy bleeding side ? 



Tell me, Shepherd ail divine, 
W here I may my soul recline j 
W here for refuge shall I fly, 
While the burning sun is high ? 

3 

[Wilt thou let me run astray, 
Mourning, grieving all the day ? 
W lit thou bear to see me rove. 
Seeking base and mortal love F 




Dearest object of my love. 



2 



CHARACTERS OF CHRIST. 144 



4 

Never had I sought thy name^ 
Never felt the inward flame, 
Had not love first toiich'd my heart, 
Giv'n the painful^ pleasing smart.] 
5 

iDidst thou leave thy glorious throne, 
!Put a mortal raiment on. 
As a cursed victim die, 
t'or a wretch so vile as I ? 

6 

Turn and claim me as thine own J 
Be my portion, Lord, alone ; 
Deign to hear a sinner's call, 
Be my everlasting All. 

144 (Second Pt.) L. M, K^rkwhite. 

Star of Bethlehem^ Matt. ii. 10. 

WHEN marshalPd on the nightly plain, 
The glittering host bestud the sky j 
One star alone, of all the train, 
Can fix the sinner's wandering eye. 
Hark ! hark i to God the chorus breaks 
From ev'ry host, from ev^y gem ; 
But one alone the Saviour speaks 5 — - 
It is the star of Bethlehem ! 

2 

1 Once on the raging seas I rode. 

The storm was loud, — the night was dark,— e 
The ocean yav/n'd, — and rudely blow'd 

I The wind that toss'd my found'ring bark : 

I Deep horror then my vitals froze, 

I Death-struck, I ceas'd the tide to stem 5 

I When suddenly a star arose, — 
It was the star of Bethlehem ! 

H 



145 CHARACTERS OF CHRIST. 



3 

It was my guide^ my light, my all,— . 

It bade my dark forebodings cease ; 

And thro' the storm and dangers' thrall; 

It led me to the port of peace. 

Now safely moor'd, — my perils o'er, 

I'll sing, first in night's diadem : 

For ever, and for evermore. 

The star ! — the star of Bethlehem ! 

[See also Hymn 1 ] 2.] 

145 L. Hosklns. 

Strong'lioldf Zech. ix. 12. 

PRIS'NERS of sin and satan too, 
The Saviour calls, he calls for you ; 
Ye, who have sold yourselves for nought, 
Jesus, your liberty hath bought. 

2 

He came to set the captives free j 
He came to publish liberty ; 
1 o bind the broken-hearted up, 
And give despairing sinners hope. 

3 

[Sweet liberty our God proclaims 
T o those fast bound in satan's chains 5 
T urn sinners, turn to the strong hold, 
The Saviour bought whom sin had sold.j 
4 

Pris'ners of hope, why will you die ? 
Why from the only refuge fly ? 
Jesus, our hiding-place, and tow'r. 
Invites the guilty and the poor. 

5 

He came to comfort all that mourn 5 
He sweetly says to sinners, "turn 
Pris'ners of hope, his voice attend, 
iSor slight the calls of such a frieudv 



CHARACTERS OF CHRIST. 14(5, 



6 

The great Redeemer liv'd and dy'd ; 
The prince of life was crucify'd ; 
He shed his own most precious blood 
To purchase captive souls to God. 

7 

{"To this redeenaing God, be giv'n 
Immortal praise by earth and heav'a 
Prisoners of hope, the Saviour bless, 
And ev'ry hour his love confess.] 

146 L. M. D . 

Sun of Righteousness, Mai. iv. 2, 

GREAT Sun of righteousness, arise, 
And chase the darkness from mine ey 
JJowlet thy beams of glory shine, 
And fill my soul with iight divine. 

2 

While in this world of sin I dwell, 
Defend me from the pow'rs of hell j 
Be thou a sun and shield to me, 
Till I shall dwell, my God, with thee. 

147 L. M, E , 

Treasure, Prov. xxi. 20. 

JESUS, is all I wish or want ; 
For him I pray, I thirst, 1 pant \ 
Let others after earth aspire ; 
Christ is the treasure I desire. 

2 

Possessed of him, I wish no more 5 
He is an all-suflicient store ; 
To praise him, all my pow'rs conspire ; 
Christ is the treasure I desire. 

3 

If he his smiling face but hide. 
My soul no comfort has beside 5 
Distrest, I after him inquire ; 
Christ is the treasure 1 desire. 



148 CHARACTERS OF CHRlSfi 



4 

And while my heart is rack'd with pain^ 
esus, appears, and smiles again ; 

Why should my Saviour thus retire ? 

Christ is the treasure I desire.] 
5 

Come, humble souls, and view his charms': 
^ake refuge in his saving arms ; 
And sing, while you his worth admire, 
C^hrist is the treasure I desire. 

14S 148th. Hammond. 

Unchangeable Love^ Heb. xiii. 8. 2 Tim. 

O! MY distrustful heart, 
Bow small thy faith appears ! 
But greater, Lord, thou art, 
Than all my doubts and fears ; 
Did Jesus once upon me shine ? 
Then Jesus is for ever mine. 

2 

Unchangeable his willj 

Whatever be my frame ) 

His loving heart is still 

Eternally the same ; 
iVIy soul thro' many changes go^Sj 
His love no variation knows. 

3 

Thou, Lord, wilt carry oil) 

And perfectly perform, 

I he work thou hast begun 

In me a sinful worm : 
^Midst all my fears, and sin, and woe. 
Thy Spirit will not let me go. 

4 

The bowels of thy grace, ^ 
At first did freely move ; 
I still shall see thy face, 
And feel that god is love : 



CHARACTERS OF CHRIST. 149; m 



My soul into thy arms I cast, 
I know I shall be savM at last ! 

149 C. M. Toplady. 

Vine J John xv. 1—5. 

JESUS J immutably the same ! 
Thou true and living vine ! 
Around thy all-supporting stem 
My feeble arms I twine. 

2 

Quicken'd by thee, and kept alive^ 

I flourish and bear fruit ; 
My life i from thy sap derive^ 

My vigour from thy root. 

3 

[Grafted in thee, by grace alonCj^ 

In growth I daily rise ; 
And springing up, from thee the yme^- 

My top shall reach the skiesi.j 
4 

I can do nothing without thee ; 
\ My strength is wholly thine i 
Whher'd and barren should I be 
If severMfrom the vine. 

5 

iUpon m}^ leaf, when parch'd with heatj 

Refreshing dew shall dn^p ; 
The plant, which thy right haad hath set^ 

Shall ne'er be rooted up. 

6 

Each moment, water'd by thy care. 
And fenc'd with pow'r divine j 

Fruit to eternal life shall bear, 
The feeblest branch of thine. 

150 L. iVl. Cennick. 

Way to Canaan^ Isaiah xxxv. 8 — 10:, 

JESUS, my all, to heav'n is gone, 
He whom I i^x my hope^ upon j 



150 CHARACTERS OF CHRIST. 



His track I see, and I'll pursue 
The narrow way till him I view* 

2 

The way the holy prophets went, 
The road that leads from banishment,— 
The king's high-way of holiness — 
I'll go ; — for all his paths are peace. 

3 

[No stranger shall proceed therein^ 
No lover of the world and sin, 
No lion, no devouring care, 
No sin, nor sorrow shall be there. 

4 

'No, — nothing shall go up thereon, 
But traveling souls, and I am one ; 
AV ay-faring men to Canaan bound,, 
Shall only in the way be found.] 
5 

This is the way I long have sought, 
And mournM because I found it not j 
My grief, my burden, long has been, 
Because I could not cease from sin. 

6 

The more I strove against its pow'r 
1 sinn'd and stumbled but the more j 
Till late I heard my Savioiu' say. 
Come hither, soul, I am the way/^ 
7 

1. .gflad I come, and thou, blest Lamb; 
S- - ^^':e me to thee as I am ! 
Jv- ■ i 'ul self to thee I give T 
Noi;iiin>: but love shall Ii*eceive, 
8 

Then will Ttell to sinners round, 
W'lat a dear Saviour T have found ; 
F'! i ;*^intto thy redc^pmin?" blood. 
And say, — ^^Behold the way to God!'* 



CHARACTERS OF CHRIST. 151, 152 



151 L. M. Anon. 

Goodicay^ Jer. vi. l6. 

INQL^IRING souls, who long to find 
Pardon of sin, and peace of mind ; 
Attend the voice of God to-day, 
Who bids you seek the good old way. 

2 

The righteousness, th' atoning blood 
Of Jesus, — is the way to God ; 
O may you then no longer stray. 
But walk in Christ, the good old way. 

3 

The prophets, and th' apostles too 
Pursu'd this way, while here below ; 
Then let not fear your souls dismay, 
But come to Christ, the good old way. 

4 

AVith cautious zeal and holy care, 
In this dear way I'll persevere ; 
Nor doubt to meet another day, 
j Where Jesus is^ the good old way. 

.153 C. Erskifie. 

Wai/, Truth and Lifej John xiv. 1 — 6. 
^•^T ET not your hearts v/ithin you grieve. 

B i " My dear beloved friends j 
Ye trust in God, in me believe, 
^* For I have borne your pains. 

2 

** Home to my Father's house I go, 

" Where many mansions are ; 
*' I go before, and in your name, 
Your seats of bliss prepare. 

3 

When I your mansions iiave preparM, 
ril corne to you a<:ciln, 
^* And take you to my blissful atm^f 
• ITgr ev^r to t%^malit. 



153 CHARACTERS OF CHRIST, 



4 

Where I am bound, is endless day^ 
" And Fmth' appointed road 5 
<^ I am the truth, and living way, 
By which you come to God/' 
5 

Jesus, thy words of grace and truth^ 

Support my fainting heart ; 
Olet me on tliis promise rest, 

And bid my fears depart. 

153 L M. Beck'^ Col 

JFisdom, Froy, in, 13 — 18. 

HAPPY the man who finds the grace— 
The blessing of God's chosen race 5 
The Wisdom coming from above. 
And faith that sweetly works by love ! 

2 

Happy is he who thus can say, 

The Lord the Saviour, dy'd for me 
The gift unspeakable obtains. 
And heavenly understanding gains. 

'3 
Her ways are ways of pleasantness, 
And all her paths^ are paths of peace; 
Wisdom to silver we prefer. 
And gold is dross, compared with her. 

4 

He finds, who wisdom apprehends, 
A life begun, that never ends j 
The tree of life, divine she is^ 
Set in the midst of Paradise. 

5 

Happy the man, who wisdom gains, 
In whose obedient heart she reigns ; 
He owns, and will for ever own, 
Wisdomj and Christ, and heav'n, are qn^ 



CHARACTERS OF CHRIST. 



154 L. Hoskim. 

Wisdom^ Prov. viii. 18. 19- 

WISDOM divine, lifts up her voice ; 
Sinners, attend ! ye saints, rejoice 
Thus saith our condescending Lord ; 
(O ! may we hear his gracious vyord.) 

2 

Riches and honour, both are niin^ } 

I am th^e tree of life 4ivinG ! 
" My excellence can ne'er be told, 
" My fruits are better far than gold ! 

3 

The finest gold cannot compare 
With riches that my children share ; 
" Ail blessings do in me abound, 
" For those, who have true wiscjom found, 
4 

Here peace and pardon richly flo\fj 
^' H^r^ fruits immortal ever grpw ; 
Abundant mercy, plenteous grace. 
For sinners of the fallen race^ 
5 

Here's blood to wash away your sin 
^' And make the most polluted clean ; 

Here is a robe by Jesus wrought, 
" And as a gift to sinners brought. 

Come, sinners, then, to Christ apply, 
*^ Come, without money, come and buy| 
^' Fair wisdpm's dictates now receive, 

And in the Son of God, believe.'^ 
7 

Dear Lord, do thou our hearts incline^ 
To seek for riches so divine 5 
Nor let us e'er contented be, 
Till we possess our all in thee* 

[For Witness, see Hymn 126.] ] 



155, 156 



SPIRIT. 



PRAYER TO THE SPIRIT. 
155 L. M. Toplady. 

A propitious Gale longed for. 

AT anchor laid, remote from home. 
Toiling, I cry, " Sweet Spirit, come ! 
Celestial breeze, no longer stay, 
But suell mv sails, and speed my way ! 
2 

Fain would I mounts fain woiild I glow, 
And loose my cable from below 5 
" But I can only spread my sail ; 
Tliou^thou must breatheth' auspicious gale 

156 L. M, Scoit. 

'The return of the Spirit implored, Eph. iv. 30» 

OR ever shall my fainting soul 
A O God, thy just displeasure mourn | 
Thy grieved Spirit long withdrawn, 
Will he no more to me return ? 

,2 

Once I enjoy 'd, (O happy tirne,) 
The heart-felt visits of his grace * 
jVor can a thousand varying scenes 
The sweet remembrance quite efface ! 

3 

Beneath his warming, quick'ning beams 
This icy rock dissolved away ; 
New life diffusM thro' all my pow'rSj 
And darkness yielded to the day. 

4 

When justice wavM his dreadful sword. 
And guilt and fear, my soul opprest ; 
He sprinkled o'er a Saviour's bloed. 
And whisper 'd pardon to my breast. 



SPIRIT. 



157 



5 

[CheerM with these dawning rays of hope 
He wing'd me to the throne of grace ; 
With tears and groans, and wresthng pray'r^ 
To seek my heav'nly Father's fac€i, 
6 

Important guest ! thrice happy soul, 
While honoured with his blest abode i 
But, ah ! my sins, accursed things, 
Ye grieved, ye chas'd away my God.] 

■ 7 • 

Great source of light, and peace, return j, 
Nor let me mourn and sigh in vain ; 
Come, repossess this longing hearty 
With all the graces of thy train. 

8 ' 
[This temple, hallow'd by thine hand. 
Once more be with thy presence blest j 
Here be thy grace anew display'd. 
And this thy everlasting resj:.] 

157 L. M. Doddridge. 

Groioing in Grace hy the Spirit^ 2 Peter iii. IS i 

PRAISE to thy name, eternal God ! 
For all the grace thou shed'st abroad y 
For all thine influence from above, 
To warm our souls with sacred love. 

2 

Blest be thy hand, which form the skies 
Brought down this plant of Paradise j 
And gave its heavenly glories birthj 
To deck this wilderness of earth. 

3 

Unchanging Sun, thy beams display 
To drive the frosts and storms aAvay j 
Make all thy potent virtues known, 
^^0 cheer ?i plan^ so thin*^ own. 



SPIRIT. 



4 

Come thou, blest Spirit, deign to blow" 
Fresh gales of heav'n on shrubs below j 
So shall they grow, and shed abroad 
A fragrance grateful to our God. 

158 (First Part ) S. M. Hart 

Prai/er to (he Spirit <^ Rom. viii. 9* 

COME, holy Spirit, come. 
Let thy bright beams arise ; 
t)ispel the sorrow from our minds, 
The darkness from our eyes. 

2 

Convince us of our sin^, 
Then lead to Jesu^s blood : 
And to our wond'rin<^ view reveal 
The secret love of God. 

3 

Revive our drooping faith, 
Our doubts and fears remove ; 
And kindle in our breasts the flame 
Of never.dying love. 

4 

Tis thine to cleanse the heart. 
To sanctify the soul. 
To pour fresh life in ev'ry part, 
And hew-create the whole. 

5 

[If thou celestial Dove, 
Thine influence wididraw, 
What easy victims soon we fall 
To terror, sin, and law.] 
6 

Dwell therefore in our hearts, 

Our minds from bondage free ; 
Then shall we know, and praise, and lore, 

The Father^ Son, and Thee. 



ADOPTION. 158, 159, l60 



158 (Sexond Part.) 7s. Stocker. 

The Spirith influence sought, John xvi. 13. 14 

GRACIOUS Spirit, Love diviiie ! 
Let thy light within rae shine. 
All my guilty fears remove. 
Fill me full of heav'n and love. 

2 

Speak thy pard'ning grace to rae, 
Set the burden'd sinner free ; 
Lead me to the Lamb of God, 
Wash me in his precious blood* 
3 

Life and peace to rae impart 5 
Seal salvation on my heart : 
Breathe thyself into my breast^ 
Earnest of immortal rest. 

4 

Let me never from thee stray^ 
Keep me in the narrow way i 
Fill my soul with joy divine. 
Keep me. Lord, for ever thine. 

159 L M. Toplady. 

Praise to the Trinity, 

HAIL, Father ! hail, eternal Son ! 
Hail sacred Spirit ! Three in One ! 
Blessing and thanks, and pow'r divine, 
Thrice, holy Lord, be ever thine ! 

THE FOLLOWING GENERAL SUBJECTS ARB 
ALrHABETICALLY ARRANGED. 

IGO L. M. Uurnham, 

Adoption, Epli. i. 5. 

ALL the Lord's h- nourVJ, chosen race, 
Adopted were by sov'reign grace j 



ADOPTIOx^. 



As view'd in Christ, they ever stood 
The children of the living God. 

2 

The Lord eternally foresaw 
That they would break his holy law 5 
And sink in guilt and deep disgrace, 
AVith all the train of Adam's race. 

3 

The Father's heart o'erflowM with love, 
And sent dovvn Jesus from above 5 
The Son pour'd out his precious blood, 
To bring the children back to God. 

4 

Under the sway of mighty grace 
They see the Father's shining face^ 
Smiling a great salvation down 
On evVy dear returning son. 

^ ' 

Lord, may we all our sonship knowj 
As we by faith to Jesus go 5 
And in believing may we prove 
Our Father^ rich adopting lov^. 

1 6 1 7s. Hwnphreys* 

Privileges of Saints, 1 John iii. 1. 2^. 

BLESSED are the sons of God, 
They are bought with Jesu's bloody 
They ?ire ransom'd from the grave, 
Life eternal they shall have, 

With them numbered may we be, 
Now and thro' eternity ! 

2 

God did love them, in his Son^ 
Long before the world begun ; 
They the seal of thh receive, 
When on Jesus they believe. 
With them, &c. 



ADOPTION. 



3 

They are justify 'd by grace 
They enjoy a solid peace ; 
All their sins are wash'd away, 
Tliey shall stand in God's great day. 
With them, &c. 

4 

They produce the fruits of grac^, 
in the works of righteousness ; 
They are harmless, meek, and niilcl, 
Holy, humble, undefiPd. 
With them, &g. 

5 

^hey are lights upon the earthy 
Children of an heav'nly birth 
Eoi n of God, they hate all sin, 
God's pm-e seed remains within ^ 
With them. &c. 

6 

They have fellowship with God, 
Thro- the Mediator's blood ! 
One with God, with Jesus one, 
Glory is in them begun. 
With them, &c." 

7 

Tho' they suffer much on earth, 
Strangers to the worldling's mirth j 
Yet they have an inward joy, 
Pleasures that can never cloy. 
With them, &;c. 

8 

They alone are truly blest,— 
Reirs of God, joint heirs with Christ 
I'hey with love and peace are fdl'd ; 
They are by his Spirit seaPd : 

With them ni)mi>er'd may we bCy 
?S'ow and ihro' eternity. 



162,163 AFFLICTION, 



163 L. M. Steele. 

Prayer under Affliction^ Psalm IxxxviiL 

Ol-ordj m}^ life, my Saviour, God, 
Eear, while I spread my woes abroad^ 
While day and night my mournful crics^ 
Before thy throng incessant rise. 

2 

Let thy indulgent, pitying ear, 
Incline to my distressful pray'r ; 
With pain and grief my heart overflows 
And o'er me soon the grave will close. 

3 

My strength is lost, my life resign'dj 
Among the dead my place assigned; 
Cut off from life, from hope I lie, 
Scarce are the slain more lost than L 
4 

Low in the grave my hopes are laid, 
And darkness spreads its deepest shades | 
Thy dreadful wrath afflicts my soul, 
Like whelming waves thy terrors roll. 

5 

[Far from these wretched eyes, removM 
Are all the friends whom once 1 lov'd ; 
They fly my sorrows, while I moan, 
Confin'd unpity'd, and alone.] 
6 

In vain to ease my hopeless woe, 
The streaming tears incessant flow ; 
To thee, O Lord, I breathe my cries, 
And stretch my hands, and lift my eyes, 

163 CM. Stenndt. 

Pleading loiih God under Affliction, Lam. iii. 39 
y H Y should a living man complain 
Of deep distress within. 



AFFLICTION, 104 



Since ev'ry sigh and ev'ry pain 
Is but the fruit of sin ? 

2 

Lord, to thy dealings 111 submit^ 

Nor would I dare rebel ; 
Yet sure I may, here at thy feet, 

My painful feelings tell. 

3 

Thou seest what floods of sorrow rise^^ 

And beat upon my soul ; 
Deep calls to deep ; O hear my cry, 

While stormy billows roll. 

4 

From fear to hope, and hope to fear^ 

My shipvvreckM soul is tost ; 
Till I am tempted in despair 

To give up all for lost. 

5 

Yet thro' the stormy clouds I look 

Once more to thee my God ; 
O fix my feet on Christ, the rock. 

Who bought me with his blood. 

6 

One look of mercy from thy face, 

Will set my heart at ease ; 
One all-commanding word of grace, 

Will nrnkid the tempest cease. 

I C. M. Toplady. 

Meditation on God^s Love^ Psalm civ. 34. 

WHEN langour and disease invade 
Tliis trembling house of clay, 
^Tis sweet to look beyond my pains, 
And long to fly away. 

2 

Sweet to look inward, and atten(i 
Th^ whispers of his love ; 



165 



AFFLICTION. 



Sweet to look upwardj to the plaice 
Where Jesus pleads above. 

3 

Sweet to look back, and see my name 

In life's fair book set down ; 
Sweet to look forward, and behold 

Eternal joys my own. 

4 

iSw^eet to reflect how grace divine 

My sins on Jesus laid ; 
Sw^eet to remember that his blood 

My debt of sufl'Ving paid. 

5 

Sweet in his righteousness to stand, 

Which saves from second death ; 
Sweet to experience, day by day, 

His Spirit's quick'ning breath. 

6 

Sweet on his faithfulness to rest, 

Whose love can never end ; 
Sweet on his covenant of grace, 

For all thhigs to depend. 

7 

Sweet in the confidence of faith, 

To trust his firm decrees ; 
Sweet to lie passive in his hand% 

And know no will but his. 

8 

If such the sweetness of the streams. 

What must the fountain be ; 
Where saints and angels draw their bliss 

Immediately from thee ! 

165 (First Part.) C. M. Topladfj. 

Meditation on Death and Judgment* 

SWEET to rejoice in lively hope 
That when niy change shall come^ 



AFFLICTION. 



105 



Angels win hover round rtiy bed. 
And waft my spirit home. 

There shall my disembodied soul 

View Jesus and adore ; 
Be with his likeness satisfy'd. 

And grieve and sin no more* 
S 

Shall see him wear that very flesU 

On which my guilt was lain ; 
His love intense, his merit freshj 

As tho' but newly slain. 

4 

Soon too my slumb Ving dust shall hedr 

The trumpet's quickening sound j 
And by my saviour's pow'r rebuiltj 

At his right hand be found. 

5 

[These eyes shall see him in that day, ^ 

The God that dy'd for me ; 
And all my rising bones shall say^ 

Lord, who is like to thee ?] 
6 

If such the views which grace unfoldsr^ 

Weak as it is below 5 
What raptures must the church above 

In Jesu's presence know ! 

7 

O may the unction of these truths^ 

For evier with me stay ; 
Till from her sinuil cage dismiss'd^ 

My spirit flies away. 

165 r^^^GCond Part.) S M. 

Aaron's Rid bloomed Blossoms^ Num. xvii, 8, 

t^ OW gracious, and how wise 
jfiL Is our chastising God ! 



166- AFFLieTtOftt 



S 

'Mid the gloom the vivid lightnings 
With increasing brightness play : 
^Mid the thorn-brake, sweetest flow^r^ts 
Look more beautiful and gay : 
Sweet affliction, 
That brings Jesus to my soul,] 
4 

S05 in darkest dispensations. 
Doth my faithful Lord appear, 
With his richest consolations. 
To re-animate and cheer ; 
Sweet affliction, 
Tims to bring my Saviour n^at. 

5 

[Floods of tribulation heighten, . 
feillows still around me roar. 
Those, who know not Christ, — they frightcfi^ 
But my soul defies their pow'r : 
Sweet affliction, 

Thus to bring my Saviour near.] 
6 

In the sacred page recorded, 
Thus his word securely stands. 

Fear not, Pm in trouble near thee, 
" Nought shall pluck thee from my hancb^ 
Sweet affliction, 
Ev'ry word my love demands. 

7 

All I meet I find assists me 

III my path to heav'nly joy, 

Where, tho' trials now attend m^- 

Trials never more annoy : 

Sweet affliction, 

Ev'ry promise gives me joj. 

8 

Wearing ther^ a weight of glorj^ 
Still the path I'U ne'^r forget,' 



AFFLICTION. 



167 



Bntj exulting, cry^ it led me 
To my blessed Saviour's seat : 
Sweet affliction. 

Which has brought me to his feet. 

167 L. M. Rippon^s Sel. 

Agurh Frayevj Prov. xxx. 7—9. 

T\y HUS Agur breath'd his warm desire,—- 
A " My God, two favours I require j 
In neither my requests deny, 
Vouchsafe them both before I die : 
2 

" Far from my heart and tents exclude 
^' Those enemies to all that's good ; — 
^ Folly, whose pleasures end in death, 
^ And falsehood's pestilential breath. 

3 

Be neither wealth nor want my lot ; 
Below the dome, above the cot, 
Let me my life unanxious lead, 
And know not luxury nor need.'' 
4 

Those wishes. Lord, we make our own 9 
O may thy heav'nly blessing crown 
Our pittance, — till this mortal breath, 
Expiring, tune thy praise in death ! 

5 

But shouldst thou large possessions give, 
IVlay we with thankfulness receive 
Th' exuberance, — still our God adore, 
And bless the needy from our store. 

6 

Or, should we feel the pains of want.- — 
Submission, resignation grant; 
Till thou shalt send the wish'd supply. 
Or call us to the bliss on high. 

I 



Us, 1G9 ANATHEMA^ 



168 C. M. Scott. 

Anathema^ Maranatha, iCon xvi. 2^^ 

INCARNATE Saviour, in thy face 
Does ev'ry charm combine ; 
Thine are the glories of a God, 
All human beauties thine. 

2 

And is there such an icy breast. 

Can trace redeeming love, — 
t^an view a dying Lord, — nor feel 

One softer passion move ? 

3 

Well may th' Almighty's direful curse 

Its awful thunders roll ; 
And pointed lightnings play around 

To blast the guilty soul ! 

4 

Aghast before his judgment-seat j 

With conscious guilt they stand ; 
Trembling await th' eternal doom, 
. And vengeance of his hand. 

5 

u Wretches,'' his'll say, ye spurn'd my love^ 

^' Now feel my vengeful ire ; 
^' Accurs'dj-; — depart my blissful face. 

To dwell in quenchless fire. 

6 

[Dear Saviour, 1 would love thy name^ 

And give my all to thee ; 
Be thou my teacher, priest and king^ 

And All in All to me.] 

169 L. M. Xeedham. 

Ministry of Angels^ Psalm xci. 11. 

SEE, Gabriel swift descend to earth, 
Glad to foretell a Saviour's birth ; 



ANGELS. 



Hark ! a full choir of angels sing, 
The new-born Saviour and the king. 

2 

Behold these swift-wing'd envoys wait 
On Jesus in his humble state ; 
The desart and the garden prove 
Their glowing zeal, their tender love. 

3 

But who their mighty joys can tell, 
When Jesus vanquished death and hell 
They saw the glorious conqu'ror rise, 
And filFd his friends with sweet surprise^ 
4 

They saw the conqu'ror mount on highj 
To glorious worlds beyond the sky ; 
Escorted by a shining band. 
To take his place at God's right hand* 
5 

Still are these glorious hosts above 
EmplojT^'d in messages of love : 
On saints below they cheerful wait, 
Nor think the work beneath iheir state* 
6 

Jesus, my Lord, my living friend, 
May these thy servants me attend 
Thro' life ; — and when I quit this clay, 
Safe to thine arms my soul convey. 

1 170 L. M. ScoU. 

\ Anger, Eccl. vii. 9. Rom. xii. 19, 

DARE we indulge our wrath and strife, 
And yet assume the Chrisuar. n ^me? 
Give our wild passions sway then caii 
Ourselves the ibllowers of the lamb ? 

2 

He was all gentle, meek, and mild^ 
full of benevolence and love j 



ANGEK, 



Nor could the rage of numerous foe^ 
Aught but his soft compassion move^ 
3 

Not all their scoffs, nor the sharp pangi 
Of crucifixion, could inspire 
Within his breast one vengeful thought. 
Or one tumultuous passion fire, 
4 

But we, alas ! how soon the storms 
Impetuous in our bosoms swell ; 
What stores of fuel in our breasts^ 
To feed those raging fires of helL 
5 

Spirit of grace, do thou descend, 
Envy and wrath, and clamour chase ; 
With thy mild influence quench these firc^ 
And hush the stormy winds to peace 1 

fOr bear me to yon blissful realms^ 
)n thy kind wings celestial Dove ; 
Where no harsh accents wound the ea^ 
But all is harmony and love.} 

171 L. M. Doddridge. 

ArJcj Christ, Gen. vi. 18, 1 Peter iii. 20 
rriHE deluge, at th' Almighty's call, 
JL In what impetuous streams it fell 1 
SwallowM the mountains in its rage, 
And swept a guilty world to hell. 

2 

In vain the tallest sons of pride 
Fled from the close pursuing wave ; 
Nor could their mightiest tow'rs defend^ 
Nor swiftness 'scape nor courage save. 

3 

How d*re the wreck ! how loud the roaf 
How shrill the universal cry 



NOAH^S ARK, 



172 



#f millions, in the last despair, 
Re-echoed from the tow'ring sky ! 

4 

Yet Noah, humble, happy saint ! 
SmTounded with the chosen few, 
Sat in his ark, secure from fear, 
And sang the grace that steer d him thro' : 
5 

So I may sing, in Jesus safe, 
While storms of vengeance round me fall ; 
Conscious how high my hopes are fix'd, 
Beyond what shakes this earthly ball, 
6 

Nor wTeck nor storm above is seen ; 
There not a wave of trouble rolls ; 
But the bright rainbow round the throne,- 
Seals endless life to all their souls. 

172 104th. Kent. 

Arky Christ, Gen. vii. l6. 

WHEN God from his throne did veng'anc^ 
display. 

That delug'd a world, and swept them away ^ 
He caus'd it to slumber, nor could it begin 
Till his little number, " the Lord had shut in.'*' 
2 

Shut in by decree, and council they were ; 
Shut in by the oath which to them he sware ; 
From hell's condemnation, and wrath's horrid 
din ; 

O precious salvation ! " the Lord shut them in.'* 
3 

The few that remain'd, not wreck'd by the flood. 

Prefigur'd to us the ransom'd by blood ; 

In Jesus elected, not delugM by sin, 

But in him protected, " the Lord shut them in.'' 



%7S,1T0 BABYLOiTS FALL, &e. 



Love, and faith, and hope, and patience^ 
Gome to us thro' thy rich blood. 

[Autumn, see Hymn 584.] 

178 C. M. JVeedhnm. 

Babylon^ s Fall predicted, Rev. xviii. 21. 
ril [iE mighty God that rules the skies, 
A Shall Babel's rage restrain ; 
In vain she forms her cruel schemeSj 
And boasts her pow'r in vain. 

2 

That bitter cup which she has mix'd^. 

^ Once more herself shail drink ; 
A3 falls the millstone in the deep^ 
Proud Babylon shall sink. 

3 

Rejoice, ye saints, the vengeance long 

Is laid tor her in store ; 
And Babylon, that scarlet whore^ 

Shall sink to rise no more. 

[See also Hymn 429.] 

179 (1st. Ft ) 8 4. Steelr's altPvecL 

Backslider\s Relurn, Psalm li. 20 — 19. 

CRE ATE, O God, my pow rs anew, 
Make my wh{)l,e heart sincere and true 5 
O cast me not in wrath away, 
JN'or let thy soul enlivening ray 
Stiil cease to shine. 

2 

Restore thy favour, bliss divine I 
Those heavenly joys that once were mine ^ 
L<^t (by Pood Sirlrit, kind and f;ee. 
U] '] )!d and guide my steps to ihee^ 
ll;uu God of love. 




BALAAM'S WISH. 



179 



3 

Tlien Will I teach thy sacred ways : 
With holy zeal proclaim thy praise : 
Till sinaers leave the dangerous road, 
Forsake their sins and turn to God, 
With hearts sincere. 

4 

O cleanse my guilt, and heal my pain ; 
Remove the blood polluted stain ; 
Then shall my heart adoring trace, 
{My Saviour Godj) the boundless grace, 
That flows from thee. 

5 

[Since, my dear Saviour, gi'ace is thine, 
On Zion's hill let mercy shine ; 
Olad off lings then prepared shall be^ 
And each oblation rise to thee 
In flames of love.J 

179 Part.) C. M. Pearce, 

Balaam^ s WisJi^ Numb, xxiii. 10. 

WITH what a fix'd and peaceful mind, 
The righteous man expires ! 
Uehold him breathing but his soul, 
In hopes and blest desires ! 

2 

Eternal glory now begins, 

To dawn upon his eyes, 
And Jesus, animates his song, 

While languishing he lies. 

3 

No sins, or fears, disturb his soul, 

Nor terror from below ; 
No worldly glory stops his flight, 

Or makes him loth to go. 

4 

Bright hosts of angels round his bed;, 

With holy ardour 3t^md J 1.2 



180,181 



BAPTISM. 



Read}' to bear aloft his soul. 
At Jesu's high command. 

5 

Wo wonder Balaam wish'd to share 
In such a happy death ; 
For such are truly blest indeed, 
When thev resign their breath/ 
6 

O how this bright, this blessed hope^ 

My longing spirit warms ! 
O let me live and die like him, 

Enclosed in Jesu's arras. 

180 L M. Darracoft. 

Infants given to God in Baptising Acts ii. 

ETERNAL God, in whom we live. 
From whom all blessings we receive 
Ourselves and ours we ov/e to thee, 
And thine we would for ever be. 

2 

'To thee our infant babe we brmg, 
As a most cheerful offering; 
Accept himj Lord, as henceforth thine, 
While we our right to the^ resign. 

3 

Lord, in that covenant which we sharej 
O may lie have 7ifs interest there ; 
And to the outward seal here giv^n. 
Do thou annex A/^ seal in heav'n* 
4 

Nov/ let the whole assembly here, 
Find thee the God of Israel near ; 
Thy choicest blessings. Lord impart, 
And cheer and quicken evVy heart. 

181 L. VI Beck's Col 

Prayer for a Blessing in Baptism, 

COME Holy Ghost, descend from high, 
Baptizer of our spirits, Thou ! 



BAPTISM. 



Tlie sacramental seal, apply, 
And witness with the water^ now, 
2 

Exert thy energy divine, 
And sprinivle the atoning blood ; 
May Father, Son, and Spirit join 
To seal this child, a child of God. 

183 C. M. Beck's Col. 

Infants given to God in Baptism, Acts ii. 39? 
O^irsCE thoii art pleas'd thy saints to own^ 
k3 Dear Lord their children bless j 
This institution do thou crown, 
¥7ith tokens of thy grace. 

2 

Jesus, we raise our souls to thee, 

Thy powerful Spirit breathe j 
And let this little infant be, 

Baptized into thy death. 

3 

O let thy unction on hini rest ! 

Thy grace his soul renew ; 
And write within his tender breast, 

Thy name and nature too. 

4 

If thou should'st quickly end his days^ 

His place with thee prepare ; 
Or, if thou lengthen out Ids race, 

Continue still thy care. 

5 

Thy faithful servant may he prove, 

(iirded with truth divine ; 
A sharer in thy dying love, 

A follower of thine. 

6 

[Lord, plant us all into thy death;^ 
That we thy life may prove j 



IBS, 184 



BAPTISM. 



Partakers of thy cross beneath, 
And of thy crown above.] 

183 C. M. 

Little Children hrovght to Jesus, 
E now, O thou eternal God, 
Thine ancient truths embrace : 
And bring our infant offspring near, 
And humbly seek thy face. 

.2 

3Iaj they be thine, for ever thine^ 

Thy ransom'd purchased seed ; 
O let this seal of sprinkhng now 

Be ow n'd of thee indeed. 

3 

[Here, parents, with thanksgiving vie\r 
Your right in what 3'ou've done ^ 

Let songs of honour sound aloud 
To the great Three in One.] 

184 C. M. Peacock altered, 

BlirisVs hove manifested to little Childrenj 
Luke xviii. I6. 

BEHOLD, what matchless tender love, 
Doth Christ to babes display ! 
Jle bids each parent bring them near, 
Nor turns the least away. 

2 

The parents' hearts with transport fiU'd, 

Bring their young children near. 
That they his blessing may partake, 

And in his favour share. 

3 

See how he takes them in his arms, 

With smiles upon his face ; 
And says his kingdom is of such, 

By fx^q §@v'reign grace. 




BAPTISM. 185 
4 

" Forbid them not/' whom Jesus calls. 

Nor dare the claim resist. 
Since his own lips to us declares, 

Heavii will of such consist. 

5 

With flowing tears, and thankful hearts^ 

We give them up to thee ; 
Receive them, Lord, into thine arms, 

Thine may they ever be. 

185 C. M. Doddridge altered. 

Little Children brought to Christy Mark x. 
13—16 

EHOLD what condescending love^ 
Jesus, on earth displays ! 
To babes, and sucklings, he extends, 
The riches of his grac^ ! 

2 

He still the ancient promise keeps, 

To our forefathers giv'n ; 
Young children in his arms he takes. 

And calls them heirs of heav'n. 

3 

Permit them to approach,'' he cries, 
" Nor scorn their humble name ; 
a YoY 'twas to bless such souls as these, 
The Lord of angels came." 

4 

We bring, them, Lord, with thankful hearts, 

And yield them up to thee ; 
Joyful that we ourselves are thine, 

Thine, let our offspring be. 

5 

[Kindly receive this tender branch, 

And form his soul for God ; 
Baptize him with thy Spirit, Lord, 

And wash him in thy blood. 



BAPTISM, 



6 

Thus to the parents and thek seed 

Let thy salvation come ; 
And num'roiis households, meet at last, 

In one eternal home.] 

180 c. M. 

Jnf ants given to God in Baptism ^ Genesis 
12. Mark x. 14. 

THE Saviour with inviting voice. 
Says, let your children come : 
^' For them there's love within my breast^ 
" And in my kingdom room." 

2 

As Israel's seed we would embrace, 

The privilege thus giv'n ; 
And own them fit to be baptizM, 

Since God takes such to heav'n. 

Lord, at thy call we bring our babes 

And give them up to thee : 
Ye angels, an:l ye men, behold 

And now our witness be. 

4 

After Baptism. 
We now Giir ofTspring have baptized. 

According to thy word, 
As Vbrni'm's sons were circumcis'd. 
Obedient io their Lord. 

5 

[This water sprinkled on the child, 

Does a rich esublem s'lew 
Of i ^o I ' hi!/ out tlie Sphit's grace, 

To lorni the iieui t anew.j 



BAPTISM. 187; 188 

4 87 S. M. 

Infants given to God in Baptism. 

GREAT God, now condescend 
To bless our rising race : 
Soon may their willing spirits bend 
To thy victorious grace ! 

2 

O what a vast delight 
Their happiness to see ! 
Our warmest wishes all unite 
To lead their souls to thee. 

Dear Lord, thy Spirit pour 
Upon our infant seed, 
O bring the longM-for happy hour 
That makes them thine indeed. 

4 

May they receive thy word. 
Confess the Saviour's name. 
And follow iheir despised Lord, 
Amidst- reproach and shame. 

* m 5 

[Now bless, thou God of love, 
This ordinance divine ; 
Send thy good Spirit from above, 
And make these children thine.] 

t88 L. M. 

On Heathen Baptism. Household Baptizefff 
Acts xvi. 15. 33. 

GREAT God, we in thy courts appear^ 
With humble joy and holy fear 
Thy great injunctions to obey ; 
Let saints and angels hail the day ! 

2 

Great things, O everlasting Son, 

Great things, for us thy grace has done | 



189 



BAPTISM, 



Constrained by thine eternal love, 
Our willing feel to meet thee move, 
3 

From heathen darkness we are brought 
To be baptiz'd ! — how sweet the tiiought ! 
Lord, let this ordinance in view 
Be sweet and animating too. 

4 

Thus w^e, dear Saviour, own thy name, 

And thy rich gTace and love proclaim ; 
Bought with tiiy blood, we humbly come; 
And yield our all to thee alone. 

5 

fV/hat jo}^, dear Lord, our spirits fee], 
When households join to do thy will ; — - 
May thousands rnore applaud thy cause. 
And venerate thy holy laws.] 

189 C. M. 

On Heathen Baptis?n — He went on Jus way re^ 
joicingy Acts viii. 39. 

THE holy Eunuch, when baptiz'il. 
Went on his way with joy ; ^ 
And who can tell what rapturous thoughtsr - 
Did then his niind employ ? 

2 

^ Is that most glorious Saviour mine, 

Of whom I lately read ? 
^ Who, bearing all my sins and grief?, 
" Was number' d with the dead ? 

o 
O 

Is he, who bursting from the grave* 

Now reigns above the sky, 
My Advocate before the throne, 
" My portion when I die? 

4 

Have 1 profess'd his holy name ? 
^' Do I his gospel bear 



BARTIMEUS' PRAYER. 190 



To Ethiopia's scorched lands, 
" And shall I spread it there ? 

\ V\\ tell them of that precious blood 
" Which cancels every sin ; 
And of that renovating grace 
" Which makes the conscience clean,^^ 
6 

This pattern, Lord, with sacred joy. 
Help us to keep in view ; 
: The same our work, to spread thy famCj 
j And ours the pleasure too. 

190 C. M. [fnskins. 

Ba: timeus^ Frayer^ Mark x. 46 — 5<J. 

TIKE Bartimeus, we are blind, 
-i En wrapt in nature's night ; 
j The grossest darkness veils our mind. 
For sin prevents the sight. 

2 

^ But io ! the Lord from heav'n is come 
I To open sinners' eyes ; 
To make his wondrous mercy known, 
And heal their maladies. 

3 

Come then, ye blind, and beg, and pray, 

I And in the Lord believe, 
For who can tell ? — perhaps to-day 
You may your sight receive. 

4 

Jesus of Nazareth passeth by, 

He is the sinner's friend ; 
Call on his name, and wait and cry, 

He will your suit atU'nd. 

5 

Should sinners say, " hold ye your peace, 
Psor dare to make so free 



191 BEGGAR'S PRAYER. 



The louder cry, and never cease, 
Have mercy J Lord, on me.'^ 
6 

Your worthless garments leave behind j 

Go to the Lord of light ; 
Trust in his name, however blind, 

And he will give you sight. 

191 148th. Xewton 

Beggar J Matt. vii. 7? 8. 

ENCOURAGED by thy word 
Of promise to the poor, 
Behold a beggar, Lord, 
W aits at thy mercy's door ! 
No hand, no heart, O Lord, but thine^ 
Can help or pity wants like mine. 

2 

The beggar's usual plea, 

Relief from men to gain, 

If offer 'd unto thee, 

I know thou wouldst disdain ; 
And those which move thy gracious ear, 
Are such as men would scorn to hear. 

3 

^Twere folly to pretend, 

I never begg'd before ; 

Or, if thou now befriend, 

I'll trouble thee no more ; 
Thou often hast reliev'd my pain, 
And often I must come again. 

4 

!&?or can I willing be, 

Thy bounty to conceal 

From others, who, like me 

Their wants and hunger feel : 
I'll tell them of thy mercy's store, 
And try to send a thousand more* 



BETHESDA'S POOL. 192, 19S 



19S L. M. Tfiwaite^s CoL 

Betliesda^s Pool, John v. 2 — 4. 
TTOW long, thou faithful God, shall I 
J-J- Here in thy ways forgotten lie ? 
When shall the means of healing be 
The channels of thy grace to me ? 

2 

Sinners on ev'ry side step in, 
And wash away their pain and sin ^ 
But I, an helpless sin-sick soul, 
Still lie expiring at the pool. 

3 

Thou Covenant angel, swift come down, 
To-day thine own appointments crown 5 
Thy pow'r into the means infuse. 
And give them now their sacred use. 

4 

Thou seest me lying at the pool, 

T would, thou know'st I would be whole ,5 

O let the troubled waters move. 

And minister thy healing love. 

193 S. M. Kewton. 

Bethesda^s Pool^ John v. 2 — 4. 

BESIDE the gospel pool. 
Appointed for the poor, 

I From year to year my helpless soul 
Has waited for a cure. 
How often have I seen 
The healing waters move ; 
And others, round me, stepping in, 
NT Their efficacy prove ! 

3 

[But my complaints remain, 
1 feel rhe very same ; 
As full of guilt, and fear, and pain. 
As when at first I cdim. 



194 



BIBLE, 



4 

O, would the Lord, appear 
My malady to heal ; 
He knows how long I've languish'd here^ 
And what distress 1 feel.] 
5 

How often have I thouii^ht 
Why shoiild I Ioniser He ? 
Surely the mercy have sough't 
Is not for such as I ! 

6 

But whither can I go ? 
There is no otii^er pool 
Where streains of so v 'reign virtue flow 
To make a sinner v,^hoIe. 

7 

Here then, from day to day, 
I'll wait, and hope, and try ; 
Can Jesus hear a sinner pray, 
Yet suffer him to die ? 

8 

No :— he is fill of grace ; 
He never will permit 
A soul, thai min would see his face^ 
To perish at his feet. 

(94 L. 'M. Scoff. 

Bihie indited and preserved by t\e Spirit^ 
Is. xl. 8. 

T:;1 tern AI; Spirit i 'twas thv breath 
^ J T-i.r J truth inspir'd^ 

And kln^: :,. • . y seers of old 
With strong piopiietic ini uiilse fir'd. 



BIBLE. 



195 



3 

With gladsome hearts, they spread the news 
Of pardon, thro' a Saviour's blood ; 
\ And to a numerous seeking crowd 
Marked out the path to his abode. 

4 

The pow'rs of earth, and hell, in vain 

Against the sacred word combine ; 

Thy providence thro' ev'ry age, 

Securely guards the book divine. 
I 5 

Thee, its great author, source of light^ 

Thee, its preserver, we adore ; 
: And humbly ask a ray from thee. 

Its hidden wonders to explore. 

i 195 (First Part.) C. M. Steele. 

I Excellency of the Bible ^ Psalm cxix. 105. 

IT^"^ ATHER of mercies, in thy word 
J? What endless glory shines ! 
For ever be thy name ador'd, 
For these celestial lines. 

! 2 
I Here, may the v/retched sons of want 
I Exhaustless riches find ; 
Riches above what earth can grant, 
i And lasting as the mind. 

' L ^ 

; [Here, the fair tree of knowledge grow^^ 
1^ And yields a free repast ; 
Sublimer sweets than nature know^ 
Invite the longing taste. 

4 

Here, springs of consolation rise 

To cheer the fainting mmd ; 
And thirsty souls receive supplies^ 



193 



BIBLE. 



5 

Here, the Redeemer's welcome voiee 

Spreads heavenly peace around 5 
And life, and everlasting joys. 

Attend the blissful sound. 

6 

O may these heav'nly pages be 

JMy ever dear delight ; 
And still new beauties may I see^, 

And still increasing light ! 

7 

Divine Instructor, gracious Lord, 

Be thou for ever near ; 
Teach me to love thy sacred word, 

And view my Saviour there ! 

195 (Second Fart) C. M. 

Search the Scriptures^ John v. 39. 
^ OME, search the scriptures/' saith th(fe 
\j Lord, ^ 
" They testify of me f 
'Tis truth's eternal great record^ 
From evVy error free. 

2 

Here the eternal God-head shine^^ 

With bright refulgent rays ; 
Here beam Jehovah's great designs^ 

From everlasting days. 

3 

Here the great gospel scheme beholdj 

Chief of ;W works of God ; 
Replete whii grace, and love untold^ 

And pardon bought with blood. 

4 

[Here's balm to heal the wounds of sxti^ 

On life's fair tree it grows ; 
Here's blood to wash your garments in^ 

F rom Jesu's side it flows.] 



BIBLE.— BLIND. 196, 197 



5 

O may the Spirit's influence sweet. 
Shine on the glorious whole ; 
^ Its precepts guide my roving-feet, 
Its promise feast my soul. 

6 

Wide may this revelation shine 

And spread from sea to sea ; 
Till reason stoops to faith divine. 

And owns her sovereign sway. 

196 8. 7.^ Kewton. 

j Pre ciousness of the Bible y 1 Sam. iii. ft 

PRECIOUS Bible ! what a treasure 
Does the word of God afford ? 
All I want for life or pleasure, 
Food and med'cine, shield and sword ; 
Let the world account me poor. 
Having this I need no more. 
' ■ 2 • 

Food to which the world's a stranger, 
Here my hungry soul enjoys ; 
Of excess there is no danger, 
Tho' it fills it never cloys 5 
On a dying Christ I feed, 
He is meat and drink indeed ! 

197 L. M. Hoskin^. 

Whereas I icas blind, now I see, John ix. %5} 
Isaiah liv. 13. 
OW let my soul, with wonder trace 
The Saviour's miracles of grace 5 
J^ow let my lips and life record, 
' The loving-kindness of the Lord.] 
2 

^Till late I fancied all was well, 
i ^ Tho' \s alking in the road to hell ; 
But now, thro' grace divinely free, 
I, who was blind; am brought to see ! 




198 



BORN AGAIN. 



3 

Long had I slept in nature's night. 
But Jesus came and gave me light ! 
Ten-thousand praises, Lord, to thee, 
That tho' born blind, yet now I see ! 

4 

[Long had I wallowM in my sin ; 
Blind to the dangers I was in ; 
But now appeal, great God, to thee, 
That tho' once blind, yet now I see !] 
5 

Long did I on the law rely, 
And pass the Friend of sinners by^ 
But, what a glorious mystery ! 
Tho' I was blind, }■ et now I see ! 

6 

Strengthen, O I^ord, my mental sight^ 
Increase my faith, increase my light j 
Then shall I p^ise the sacred Three, 
In time and in eternity. 

19S C. M, Hoskms. 

Ye must be bom again, John iii. 7* 

SINNERS ! this solemn truth regard I 
Hear, all ye sons of men ; 
For Christ, the Saviour hath declar'dj 
Ye must be born again." 

2 

Whatever might be your birth or bloody 

The sinner's boast is vain : 
Thus saitli the glorious Son of God; 
Ye must be born again. 

3 ■ 

Our nature totally deprav'd 5 

The h-;Hrt a sink of sin ; 
Withou] a r')a !ge w- e can't besav'd 
Ye must be uoik again.'^ 



A BRAND FROM THE FIRE. 199 



4 

That which is born of flesh is flesh, 

And flesh it will remain ; 
Then marvel not that Jesus saith, 

" Ye must be born again." 

5 

Spirit of life ! thy grace impart. 

And breathe on sinners slain : 
And witness, Lord, in ev'ry heart, 

That we are born again. 

6 

[Dear Saviour let us now begin 

To trust and love thy word 5 
And by forsaking ev'ry sin, 

Prove we are born of God.] 

199 CM. Perry. 

Is not this a Brand plucked out of the Fire^ 
Zechariah iii. 2. 

LET earth, and seas, with all the skies, 
In grateful songs conspire ; 
Since Christ, the Lord, for sinners dies, 
To pluck them from the fire. 

2 

Satan accuses all the saints, 

And roars as lions do ; 
But Jesus hears their long complaints, 

And says, " 1 dy 'd for you.'^ 

3 

''Tis Christ, that plucks our souls as brands 

From everlasting fire ; 
And safely keeps us in his hands, 

Till death shall raise us liigh V. 

4 

In filthy garments we were drest, 

To purity estranged : 
\or did we diflerfrom the rest, 

" Till grace the heart had chang'd.'^ K 



DAILY BREAD. 



5 

O may our souls wiih rapture think^ 
While with our tongues, we tell 

How Jesus pluck'd us from the brink 
Of misery aiKl hell. 

6 

Victorious grace, and boundless love 

To God alone belong ; 
Praise him below, praise him above^ 

in ev'ry tuneful song. 

200 L. M. Hoskins. 

Prayer for Daily Bread, Matthew vi. 11 

MOST gracious Father, God of all, 
To thee we come, on thee we call ^ 
By w^iom both man and beast are fed, 
^' Give us this day our daily bread." 

2 

All our supplies on thee depend, * 
Whatever we v/ant, in mercy send | 
Thou art the glorious Fountain-head, 
Give us this day our daily bread.'' 
3 

Nothing, O Lord, do we deserve, 
(The thought of merit we would dread,) 
"Tis as an alms alone we crave ; 
Give us this day our daily bread.'' 
4 

Forgiving grace, do thou impart, 
To cheer and sanctify each heart ; 
May we in death join with our head. 
And feed on Christ our living bread. 

201 CM. 

Burdened Sinners invited to Christ^ 

YE burden'd souls to Jesus come^ 
You need not be afraid ; 
He loves to hear poor sinners cry^ 
. He loves to hear them plead. 



BURDENED SINNER. 202; 203 



2 

Ye humble soulsi, to Jesus come, 

'Tis he who made you see 
Your wretched, ruinM, helpless state, 

Your guilt and misery. 

3 

Christ is a friendj to mourning souls, 
Then why should you despair — 

Since Saul and Mary Magdalene 
Found grace and mercy here ? 

202 C. M. Fawcett. 

Burdens brought to the Lordy Deut. i. 17. 

THE cause that is for me too hard, 
I'll make to Jesus known ; 
I'll cast my burdens on the Lord, 
And leave them at his throne. 

2 

He will his cheering grace impart, 

And ease my anxious breast ; 
Plis love can heal my wounded heart, 

And bring my soul to rest. 

3 

The judge supreme, must needs do right^ 

Whoe'er should me condemn ; 
He'll bring my judgment to the light, 

And clear my injur 'd name. 

1 . ^ 

J^He calls me by his precious word. 

And bids me not to fear ; 

The cause that is for me too hard. 

My gracious God will hear. 

SOS L. M. Kent. 

Effectucd Calling^ John iv. 4. 

ONCE as the friend of sinners, dear, 
A man of sorrows sojourn 'd here 5 
Eternal love, ordain'd it so. 
That thro' Samaria he must go. 



204 BELIEVER CAST DOWN* 



2 

There, wand'ring from the fold of God, 
He saw the purchase of his blood; 
And o'er this wretch, to lust a slave, 
Did sovereign grace her banner wave* 
3 

Herein discriminating grace 
Shone with a bright refulgent blaze ; 
While dead in sin, ten thousand lie, 
Grace brought this rebel harlot nigh* 
4 

[This object of eternal love, 
Ordain'd to fill a throne above, 
Shall in the g-ospel annals shine^ 
And prove election all divine.] 
5 

Jesus, our Shepherd, God, and King, 
Thy guardian care and love we sing ; 
And hail that grace, both rich and free, 
That brings thy wandering sheep to thee. 
6 

[Glory to God, till this takes place, 
Bulwarks of fire, and walls of grace 
Keep all his blood-bought flock secure 
Till calling proves election sure.] 

204 L. M. JSTewton. 

Why Ctrl thou cast down^ Psalm xliii. 5. 

WHY, O my soul, these anxious cares F 
Why thus cast down with doubts and 
fears ? 

How canst thou want if God provide, 
Or lose thy way with such a guide ? 

2 

When first before his mercy-seat, 
Thou didst to him thy all commit, 
He gave thee warrant from that hour 
To trust his wisdom, love, and pow^r. 



BELIEVER CAST DOWN. 205, 20§ 



3 

Did ever trouble yet befal. 
And he refuse to hear thy call ? 
And has he not his promise past, 
That thou shalt overcome at last ? 

4 

He who has help'd me hitherto, 
Will help me all my journey thro^^ 
And give m^ daily cause to raise 
New Ebenezers to his praise. 

205 C. M. Medley. 

Cast down J hut not destroy/ ed^ 2 Cor. iv. 9. 
1% j O W in thy praise, eternal King, 
JL^ Be all my thoughts employed 5 
W hile of this precious truth I sing^ 

" Cast down, but not destroyM.^^ 
2 

Oft the united pow'rs of hell, 

My soul have sore annoy'd ; 
And yet I live this truth to tell, 

" Cast down, but not destroyM.^^ 
3 

In aVi the paths thro' which I\e pass'd, 

What mercies I've enjoyM ! 
And this shall be my song at last. 
Cast down, bm not destroyed.'' 
4 

When I, with God, in heaven appear, ^ 

There I shall him adore ; 
Destroyed shall be my sin and fear, 

And I cast down no more. 

g06 8. 7. 4. Farrcetf. 

Cttci doivuy yet hoping^ Psalm xlii. 5. 
^^^Y so;ul. what means this sadness ? 
iV^ Wherelore art tliuii thus cast down ? 
L<et thy ;:ne!.s 1)',- turi) (i lo iiiauntss, 
iliX thy ic:iUe^>s Icais uc gonep 



207 



CHRIST. 



Look to Jesus, 

And rejoice in his dear name. 

2 

What tho' Satan's strong temptations 

Vex and grieve thee day by day, 

And thy sinful inclinations 

Often fill thee with dismay 5 

Thou shalt conquer, 

Thro the Lamb's redeeming blood. 

3 

Tho' ten thousand ills beset thee 
From without and from within, 
Jesus saith, he'll ne'er forget thee, 
But will save from hell and sin j 
He is faithful 

To perform his gracious word. 

4 

Tho' distresses now attend thee, 
And thou tread'st the thorny road, 
His right hand shall still defend thee^ 
Soon he'll bring thee home to God ; 
Therefore praise him, 
Praise the great Redeemer's name. 

5 

[0 that 1 could now adore him, 
Like the heav'nly host above, 
Who forever bow before him. 
And unceasing sing his love ! 
Happy songsters ! 
When shall I your chorus join ?] 

207 8s. Kexvton. 

IVhat tldnlcye of Christ? Matthew xxii. 42* 
11 AT think you of Christ ? is the text ~ 
To try both your state and your scheme 
You cannot be right in the rest, 
Unless you think rightly of him. 




CHURCH. 



208 



As Jesus appears in your vieWjj 
As he is beloved or not ; 
So God is disposed to you. 
And mercy or wratli is your lot. 

3 

Some take him a creature to be, 
A man or an angel at most : 
Sure these have no feelings like me. 
Nor know themselves wretched and lost : 
4 

So guilty, so helpless am I 
I durst not confide in his bloody 
Nor on his protection rely. 
Unless I were sure he is God. 

5 

[Some call him a Saviour, in word. 
But mix their own works with his plan ; 
And hope he his help will afford, 
When they have done all that they can.] 
6 

Jf ask'd what of Jesus I think ? 
Tho' still my best thoughts are but poor, 
I say, he's my meat and my drink, 
Wy life, and mv strength, and my store : 
7 

My shepherd, my husband, my friend, 
My Saviour from sin and from thrall ; 
My hope from beginning to end. 
My portion, my Lord, and my All. 



CHURCH. 



208 lis. Jaips Col 

AffdctGcl^ Isaiah liv. 11. 

OSTON ! afilicted with wave upon wave, 
Whom no man can comfort, whom no man 
can suve | 



209 



CHURCH. 



With darkness surrounded, by terrors dismay 'd. 
In toiling and rowing thy strength is decayed. 

2 

Loud roaringj the billows now nigh overwhelm, 
But skilfuFs the pilot, who sits at the helm ; 
His wisdom conducts thee, his pow'r thee de- 
fends, 

In safety and quiet thy warfare he ends. 
3 

O fearful ! O faithless ! in mercy he cries ; 
^' My promise, my truth, are they light in thine 
" eyes ! 

" Still, still I am with thee, my promise shall 
" stand, 

^* Thro' tempest and tossing, Fll bring thee tO 
land. 

4 

" Forget thee I will not, I cannot ;-^thy name 
EngravM on my heart doth for ever remain ! 
The palms of my hands while I look on, I see 

" The wounds I received, when suffering for thee. 
5 

[" 1 feel at my heart all thy sighs and thy groans, 
For thou art most near me, my flesh and my 
" bones ; 

In all thy distress thy head feels the pain ; 
Yet ail are most needful, not one is in vain.J 
6 

Then trust me, and fear not; thy life is secure; 
My wisdom is perfect, supreme is my pow'r ; 
In love I correct thee, thy soul to refine, 
^* To make thee at length in my lilieness to 
" shine.'' 

209 (1st. Part.) L. M. Gibbons. 

Barren Church lamented, Rev. ii. 5. 

LORD, must thy gospel % away ? 
And all thy mercies be remov'd ? 



CHURCH. 



503 



Are we to sin become a prey ? 
And all our talents misimprovM ? 

2 

O must we bid our God adieu ? 
And must the gospel take its (light ? 
O shall our children never view 
The beamings of that heav'nly light ? 

3 

Forbid it. Lord ! with arms of faith 
We'll hold thee fast, and thou shalt stay 5 
We'll cry, while v/e have life or breeithj 
Our Godj do not depart away I 
4 

If broken hearts and weeping eyes 
Can find acceptance at thy throne ; 
Loj here they are, — this sacrifice 
Thou v/ilt accept thro' Christ thy Son. 

209 (Second Part) L. M. 

Deacons chosen into the Churchy 1 Tim. iii. 8^ 
10, 13. 

RE AT King of Sion, gracious God, 
Be pleas'd to lend thy listening ear^ 
While we devote our decicons, now 
To this thy church, in humble pray'r. 

2 

O may each deacon, Lord, be blest 
With the rich influence of thy love 5 
And by their lives, the truth defend 
Till rais'd to join the church above, 
3 

Happy in Jesus, their own Lord, 
May they his sacred table spread ; — 
The table of their pastor fill, 
And fill the holy poor with bread ! 

K 2 



310 



CHURCHi 



4 

When pastorSj saints, and poor, they serve, 
May their own hearts witli grace be crown^ 
While patience, sympathy, and joy, 
Adorn, and thro' their hves abound. 

5 

By purest love to Christ, and truth, 

ma}^ they win a good degree 
Of boldness in the Christian faith. 
And meet the smile of thine and thee I 

6 

And when the work to them assigned, 

1 lie work of love, is fully done. 
Call them from serving tables here^ 
To sit around thy glorious throne. 

210 C. M. Gibbons. 

Church described, Can. vi. 10, 

SAY, who is she, that looks abroad 
Like the sweet blushing dawn, 
"W hen with her living light she paints 
The dew-drops of the lawn ? 

2 

Fair as the moon, when in the skies 

Serene her throne she guides. 
And o'er the twinlding stars supreme 

In full-orb'd gloiy rides : 
3 

Clear as the siin, when from the east 

Without a cloud he springs. 
And scatters boundless light and heat, 

Frem his resplendent wing^ : 

4- 

Tremendous as an host that move^ 

Biajesiically slow, 
Willi bLinners wide display'd all arm'd, 

Ail ardent for the foe ! 



CHURCH. 



214 



This is the church by heav'n array'd 

With strength and grace divine ; 
Thus shall she strike her foes with dread, 

And thus her glories shine. 

211 CM. LeecPs Col. 

Clmrch on Earth and Heaven hut one, Eplic- 

siansj iii. 15, 
p OME, l^t lis join our friends above; 
L That have obtained the prize : 
And on the eagle-wings of love. 
To joy celestial rise.] 
2 

Let all the saints terrestrial sing, 

With those to glory gone ; 
For all the servants of our King 

In heav'n and earth are one. 

3 

One family, we dwell in him, 

One church above, beneath ; 
Tho' now divided by the stream. 

The narrovi^ stream of death. 

4 

One army of the living God, 

To his command we bow; 
Part of the host have cross'd the flood, 

And part are crossing now. 

. 5 

Ten thousand to their endless home 

This solemn moment fly ; 
And v/e are to tlie margin come, 

And soon expect to die. 

6 

Dear Saviour, be our constant guide, 

Then, when the word is giv*n. 
Bid death's cold Hood and waves divid*?^ 
. Ami hnd us 3ufe hi heav'i> 



CHURCH. 



S12 CM. Gibbons. 

Gospel, a Feast, fsaiali xxv. 6. 
SioDj his most holy mountj 
God will a feast prepare 5 
And IsraeFs sons and Gentile lands 
Shall in the banquet share. 

2 

IMarrow and fatness are the food 

His bounteous hand bestows ; 
Wine on the lees, and well refin'd^ 

In rich abundance flows. 

3 

See to the vilest of the vile 

A free acceptance giv'n ! 
See rebels, by adopting grace. 

Sit with the heirs of heav'n ! 

4 

The pain'd, the sick, the dying, now 

To ease and health restored ; 
With eager appetites partake 

The plenties of the board. 

5 

j3ut O what draughts of bliss unknown, 

What dainties shall be giv'n, 
When, with the myriads round the throne. 

We join the feast of heavii ! 

6 

There joys immeasurably high 

Shall overflow the soul, 
And springs of life, that never dry, 

In thousand channels roll. 

§13 L. M. Kingshury. 

Slaves increase prai/ed for Asumh Ixii. 6, 7- 

GREAT Lord of all thy churches, hear 
Thy minister's and people's pray'r 5 
Perfum'd by thee, O may it rise 
Like fragrant incense to the skies. 



CHURCH. 



214 



2 

[May evVy pastor from above 
Be new inspired with zeal and love 
To watch thy flock, thy flock to feed. 
And sow with care the precious seed.] 
3 

Revive thy churches with thy grace. 
Heal all our breaches, grant us peace ; 
Rouse us from sloth, our hearts inflame 
With ardent zeal for Jesu's name. 

4 

May young and old thy word receive, 
Dead sinners hear thy voice and live, 
The wounded conscience healing find. 
And joy refresh each drooping mind. 

5 

May aged saints, matured with grace, 
Abound in fruits of holiness ; 
And when transplanted to the skies, 
May younger in their stead arise. 

6 

Thus we our suppliant voices raise. 
And weeping, sow the seed of praise, 
In humble hope that thou wilt hear 
Thy ministers' and people's pray r. 

214 L. M, Cennick. 

Sion's increase prayed for, Zech. ix. 13 — 16. 

HOW many years hath man been driv'n 
Far off from happiness and heav'n ! 
When vv^ilt thou, gracious Lord, restore 
Thy banish'd sons to roam no more. 

2 

For near six thousand years, thy foe 

Hath triumphed over all below ; 

Save that a little flock is found. 

With rav'iiing wolves er.compass'd round. 



215 €HURCH. 



s 

Shall not the Lamb, who once was slain^ 
An ample compensation gnm ; 
And many happy millions more 
To happiness and God restore ? 

4 

From ev'ry nation, ev'ry tongue, 
A remnant must to him belong ; 
Nor can there be too vile a race 
To furnish trophies of his grace. 

5 

Exert that pow'r which could subdue 
The furious slaughter-breathing Jew, 
And make him in thy cause become 
Victorious over Greece and Rome. 

6 

Now, Lord, before thy servants go, 
Let God himself the trumpet blow 5 
Hasten the gospel jubilee, 
Which bids a captive world be free. 

Church coming up from the Wildomess^ 
Can. viii. 5. 

FROM sin's dark thorny maze 
To Canaan's fertile plains, 
A travelling fair one in distress, 
On her beloved leans. 

2 

Thro' fire and flood, she goes, 
A weakling more than strong ; 
V^eiits in his bosom all her woes, 
And leaning, moves along. 

3 

When dangers round her press, 
And darkness veils the skies ; 
She h^cu'is upon Ids rigliteousness, 
I whence her hopes ari$9* 



1 



CHURCH. 



216 



4 

When guilt, a mighty flood, 
Her trembling conscience pains, 
Then on his peace-procuring bloody 
This travelling fair one leans. 

5 

She views the cov'nant sure, 
Her hopes all centre there ; 
And on his bosom leans secure. 
Whose temples bled for her, 
6 

O'^r Jordan's chilling flood, 
When calPd by death to go. 
She leaning on her cov'nant God, 
Shall pass triumphant thro.' 

216 (First Pt.) 8. 7. 4. Newton. 

^ion^s increase prayed for ^ Psalm Ixxxv. 6. 

SAVIOUR, visit thy plantation ; 
Grant us, Lord, a gracious rain ! 
All will come to deso ation, 
Unless thou return again : 
Lord revive us. 

All our help must come from thee^ 
2 

Keep no longer at a distance, 

Shine upon us from on high ! 

Lest, for want of thine assistance, 

Ev'ry plant should droop and die. Lord, &c» 

3 

Surely, once thy garden flourish'd, 
Ev'ry part look'd gay and green ; 
Then thy word our spirits nourish'd, 
Happy seasons we have seen ! Lord, Szt> 
4 

p3ut a drought has since succeeded. 
And a sad decline we see : 



216 



CHURCH, 



Lordj thy help is greatly needed, 
Help can only come from thee : Lord, &ci 
5 

Where are those we counted leaders, 
FilPd with zeal J and love, and truth ? 
Old professors, tall as cedars, 
Bright examples to our vouth ; Lord, &c* 
6 

Some in whom we once delighted. 
We shall meet no more below ; 
Some, alas ! we fear are blighted, 
Scarce a single leaf they show : Lord, Szc, 
7 

Younger plants^ — the sight how pleasant ! 
CoverM thick with blossoms stood 5 
But they cost us grief at present, 
Frost has nipp'd them in the bud ! Lord, &c* 
8 

Dearest Saviour, hasten hither, 
Thou canst make them bloom again ^ 
O, permit them not to wither, 
Let not all our hopes be vain :] Lord, &;c* 
9 

Let our mutual love be fervent, 
Make us prevalent in prayer 5 
Let each one, esteemed thy servant, 
Shun the world's bewitching snares. Lord, &;c* 
10 

Break the tempter's fatal power, 

Tui*n the stony heart to flesh ; 

And begin from this good hour 

To revive thy work afresh Lord, &c. 

216 (Second Pt.) 8. 7. Xexvton. 

Siori^sjoy, Psalm Ixxxvii. 3. Isaiah xxxiii. 20,21* 

G'i LORIOUS things of thee are spoken, 
r Sion, city of our God j 



COLLECTION. 



He, whose word cannot be broken^ 
FormM thee for his own abode. 

2 

On the Rock of ages, founded. 
What can shake thy sure repose ? 
With salvation's walls surrounded, 
Thou may'st smile at all thy foes. 

3 

See ! the streams of living waters 
Springing from eternal love ; 
To supply thy sons and daughters^ 
And all fear of want remove : 
4 

Who can faint while such a river, 
Ever flows their thirst t' assuage ? 
Grace, which, like the Lord, the giver, 
Never fails from age to age. 

5 

See the cloud and fire appearing. 
Round each tent by night and day. 
For a glory, and a covering, 
Safe to guide them all the way. 

6 

Blest inhabitants of Zion, 
Washed in the Redeemer's blood ; 
Jesus, whom their souls rely on. 
Makes them kings, and priests to God. 

[See also Hymns 310, 422—437? 655.] 

217 L. M. Robifs Col. 

Collection^ 1 Chron. xxix. 14. 

THE Lord who rules the world's affairs, 
For me a well-spread board prepares 
My grateful thanks to him shall rise ; 
He knows my WcintS; these wants supplies. 



218 



COLLECTION. 



2 

And shall I grudge to give his poor 
A mite from all my bount'ous store ? 
No, — Lord, the friends of thine and thee, 
tShall always find a friend in me. 

218 a M. Scott. 

Collection^ 1 Chron. xxix. 14. 

THY bounties gracious Lord, 
With gratitude we own 5 
We bless thy providential grace, 
Which show'rs its blessings down, 
2 

With joy the people bring 
Their off-rings round thy throne j 
W^ith thankful souls behold we pay 
A tribute of thy own. 

3 

Accept this humble mite, 
Great Sovereign, Lord of all ; 
Nor let our numerous mingling sins. 
The fragrant ointment spoil. 

4 

Let a Redeemer's blood, 
Diffuse its virtues wide 5 
Hallow and cleanse our ev'ry gift, 
And all our follies hide. 

5 

O may this sacrifice 
To thee, the Lord, ascend , 
An odour of a sweet perfume. 
Presented by his hand. 

6 

Well pleas'd, our Gcd shall view^, 
The products of his grace 5 
And in a plentiful reward 
Fuifd his promises. 

[See also Hymn 39^.] 



CONFLICT. 219; 220 



S19 L. M. Cennick, altered. 

Conflict between Flesh and Spirit^ Rom. vii. 15. 

HOW sad and awful is my state ! 
The very thing I do, I hate ; 
When I to God draw near in prayVj 
I feel the conflict even there I 
2 

I mourn, because I cannot mourn, 
I hate my sin, yet cannot turn 5 
I grieve, because I cannot grieve, 
I hear the truth, but can't beUeve. 

3 

Where shall so great a sinner run, 
I see I'm ruinM and undone ; 
Dear Lord, in pity now draw near, 
And banish ev'ry rising fear. 

4 

Thy blood, dear Lord, which thou hast spilt 
Can make this rocky heart to melt ; 
Thy blood can make me clean within, 
Thy blood can pardon all my sin. 

5 

^Tis on th' atonement of that blood, 
I now approach to thee, my God ; 
This is my hope, this is my claim, 
Jesus has dy'd and wash'd me clean. 

6 

On this rich blood my faith is found, 
And on this hope I fix my ground ; 
Soon shall I reach th' eternal shore. 
Where doubts and fears prevail no more. 

230 L. M. Cnittenden. 

Conflict between S/n and Holiness , GuL v. I7. 
"V^/" HAT jarring natures dwell within, — 
V f Imperfect grace, remaining sin ! 



221 



CONFLICT. 



Nor this can reign, nor that prevail, 
Tho' each by turns my heart assail. 

2 

Now I complain, and groan, and die 5 
Now raise my songs of triumph high 5 
Sing a rebellious passion slain, 
Or mourn to feel it live again. 

3 

One happy hour behold me rise, 
Borne upwards to my native skies ; 
While faith assists my soaring ilight, 
To realms of joy and worlds of light* 
4 

Scarce a few hours or minutes roll 
Ere earth reclaims my captive soul 5 
I feel its sympathetic force, 
And headlong urge my downward coui'sei. 
5 

How short the joys thy visits give. 
How long thine absence, Lord, I grieve h 
What clouds obscure my rising sun. 
Or intercept its ravs at noon I 
6 

Great God, assist me thro' the fight, 
iVIake me to triumph in thy might ; 
Thou the desponding heart canst raise — 
The victVy mine, and thine the praise. 

22 i C. M. Erskine. 

Conjiict hetween Sin and Holiness, 
HEN heav'n does grant, at certain timeS| 
Amidst a powTfui gale. 
Sweet liberty to moan my crimes, 
And wandVings to bewail 3 
2 

Then do I dream my sinful brood 
Is drown'd in the wide main 




CONFLICT. 



222 



X)( crystal tears^ and crimson blood ; 
And ne'er will live again. 

3 

1 get my foes beneath my feetj 

I bruise the serpent's head ; 
I hope the vict'ry is complete, 

And all my lusts are dead : 
4 

But ah, alas ! th' ensuing hour 

My passiens rise and swell ; 
They rage and reinforce their pow^r 

With new recruits from hell. 

5 

Then straight, my Lord, with sweet surprise^ 

Returns to loose my bands ; 
With kind compassion in his eyes, 

And pardon in his hands. 

6 

[Thus my whole life is nothing else 

But heav'n and hell by turns; 
JVly soul that now in Goshen dwells, 

Anon in Egypt mourns.] 

222 C. M. Stogdon. 

Divided Heart lamented, Rom. vii. 19. 

STRANGE that so much of heav n and hell 
Should in one bosom meet ! 
Lord, can thy Spirit ever dwell 
Where satan has a seat? 

2 

Now I am all transformed to love^ 

And could expire in praise ^ 
Anon, not all the joys above 

One cheerful note can raise* 
3 

By faithless hopes, and golden dreams, 
Vm tortur- d; or betray'd 5 



223 



CONVERSION. 



Still tossM between the two extreme^^ 
Too vain, or too dismayed. 

4 

Decide the dubious, aw ful case. 

By some assuring sign ; 
And, O, may thy all-co.nqu'ring grace, 

Demonstrate I am thine ! 



CONVERSION. 
223 L. M. 

Behold lieprayethj Acts ix. 11. 

SINCE, Lord, thy mighty grace did call 
A blody persecuting Saul, 
Let none despair, — here God displays 
His sovereign pow'r, — " Behold he prays.'^ 
2 

The soul that's truly born of God, 
Delights to run the heavenly road : 
He mourns for sin, and hates the ways 
Which leads to deaths — " Behold he prays/^ 
' 3 

[Now wisdom's ways are his delight, 
And Christ is precious in his sight ; 
With shame he views his ill-spent days. 
And now, — " Behold the sinner prays.'^ 
4 

Grace is the theme his soul explores, 
A God, in Christ, his soul adores j 
Before the cross, his fears he lays, 
And now to God, — " Behold he prays.^'] 
5 

He flies from works, to Jesu's blood. 
Yet proves by works he's born of God : , 
He runs with joy, in Zion's ways. 
An d to his God, — " Behold he prays.^ 




CONVERSION. 



224 



6 

In heav'n, each praying soul, shall see 
Salvation was both rich and free ; 
And thro' eternal ages raise 
Their song to great Jehovah's praise. 

224: L. M. Hill. 

Convei'ting Grace^ 1 Tim. i. 15. 

DID ever one of Adam's race 
Cost thee^ my Lord, more toil and grace 
Than I have done, before my soul 
Could yield to thy divine controul. 

2 

How great the pow'r, how vast the sway, 
That first constrain'd me to obey ! 
How large the grace thou didst impart, 
That conquer'd sin, and won my heart. 
3 

Vile was my heart, deep plung'd in sin : 
A dismal den of thieves within, 
Where ev'ry lust presum'd to dwell, 
The hateful progeny of hell. 

4 

A base apostate from my God, 
1 trampled on the Saviour's blood ; 
I scorn'd his mercy, mock'd his pain, 
And crucify'd my Lord, again. 

5 

But lo ! the chief of sinners now 
Is brought before thy throne to bow J 
Surely this mighty pow'r from thee, 
Can conquer all, that conquers me. 

^ 6 

Hail, dearest Lord, my choicest love, 
By pity drawn from realms above 5 
I wonder at that grace of thine, 
Thai won a heart so vile as mine i 



225,226 CONVERSION. 



225 C. M. IFalHn. 

Converting Grace^ Psalm xlv. 3 — 5i 

HAIL I mighty Jesus ! how divine 
Is thy victorious sword ! 
The stoutest rebel must resign 
At thy commanding word. 

A) 

[The strongest holds of satan yield 

To thine all- conquering hand ; 
When once thy glorious arm's reveal'd^ 
No creature can withstand.] 
3 

Deep are the wounds thy arrows give, 
They pierce the hardest heart ; 

Thy smiles of grace the slain revive, 
And joy succeeds to smart. 

4 

Still gird thy sword upon thy thigh ; 

Ride with majestic sway : 
Go forth, sweet prince, triumphantly^ 

And make thy foes obey. 

5 

[And when thy victories are complete, 

And all the chosen race 
Shall, round the throne of glory, meet 

To sing thy conquering grace j 
6 

O may my humble soul be found 

Among that favoured band ! 
And I, with them, thy praise will sound 

Throughout ImmanuePs land. 

S26 CM. HoskinSo 

Jailor^ s Conversion^ Acts xvi. 30, 31. 
ORD, we adore thy matchless ways 
In bringing souls to thee ^ 



L 



CONVERSION. 



227 



We singj and shout eternal praise^ 
For grace so full and free. 

2 

Thy grace pervades the prison's gloorii; 

And shines with lustre there ; 
Thy pow'r can bring a jailor home, 

With trembling, hope, and fear. 

3 

What must 1 do,'' the jailor cries; 

To save my sinking soul ? 
Beheve in Christ," the word rejilies, 
" Thy faith shall make thee vvhole.'' 
4 

f By doing, we are all undone, 
The law to death condemns ; 

Our hope, our help, our all is gone 5 
But God salvation sends.] 
5 

Our works are all the works of siii, 

Our nature quite deprav'd 5 
Jesus alone can make us clean 5 

By grace are sinners sav'd. 

6 

Believe, believe," the gospel cries, 
" This is the living way 
From faith in Christ, our hopes arise. 
And shine to perfect day.j 
7 

Come sinners, then, the Saviour trust, 

To wash you in his blood ; 
To change your hearts, suddue your lust, 

And briilg you home to God. 

227 C. Sleimeft. 

Converted Thief ^ Luke xxiii. 42, 

AS on the cross the Saviour hung, 
And wept, and bled, and dy'd. 



CONVERSIONS 



He pour'd salvation on a wretch 
That languished at his side. 

2 

His crimes, with inward grief and shame. 

The penitent confessed ; ^ 
Then turnM his d\dng eyes to Christ,- 
- And thus his pray'r addressed : 

JcsjiSj thou Son and heir of heav'n ! 
•* Thou spotless Lamb of God ! 
I see thee bath'd in sweat and tearSy 
And v/elt'ring in thy blood. 

4 

Yet quickly, from these scenes of woe^ 

In triuinph thou shalt rise ; 
Burst thro the gloomy shades of death^^ 
And shine above the skies. 

5 

. '^'^ Amid the glories of that world, 
Dear Saviour^ think on me ; 
And in the victories of thy deaths 
'* Let me a sharer be 

6 

His pray'r the dying Jesus hears> 

And instantly replies, 
^' To-day thy parting soul shall be 
With me in paradise.'^ 

[See also Hymn 411. J 

228 (First Pt.) C. M. Reece's Sel 

Zaccheus^ Conversion^ Luke xix. 1 — 6* 

ASiGfIT of Jesus, with his eyes, 
Zaccheus longM to have ; 
Bu! mark how sure salvation flies 
To them that God will save. 

2 

JIoT\ ever casual it may seem, 
That Jesus pass'd that way 5 



CONVERSION. 



228 



'Twas all according to the scheme 
That in his counsel lay. 

3 

[Long in the covenant of his grace 

His worthless name had been ; 
His stature and his dwelling-place 

W ere both contained therein, 
4 

Zaccheus, haste," the Saviour said^ 

I come this way for thee ; 
Tho' thou in trespasses art dead, 
" Salvation thou shalt see.'^ 
5 

^Twas not that he was Abraham's Soij^ 

In ties of flesh and blood , 
For he was savM by grace alone, 

As one elect of God. 

6 

Redemption thro' a Saviour's namej. 

He deeniM an idle dream \ 
He to salvation never came, 

Salvation came to him. 

7 

His call by grace, ere time begmi^ 

Was fix'd in day and hour : 
And he could neither will nor run, 

Till Jesus gave him pow'r.] 

[See also Hymn 664,] 

228 (Second Fart.) 7^- 

Traisefor Cover sioii^ Psalm Ixvi. l&i 

YE that fear the Lord, attend, 
Whilst with gratitude I tell, 
How his interposing hand, 

Sav'd me from the lowest hell, 
2 

When my sins appeared in view, 
Numberless and infinite j 



229 Conversion. 



All my works and duties too, 
Filthy in Jehovah's si'rht. 

3 

When my conscience groan'd beneath 

Sinai's dire avenging rod^ 
When my doom, eternal death 

Thunder'd from the law of God : 
4 

Then, O then the Saviour came, 
Stood between the law and me^ 

SatisfyM its highest claim, 
And sustained its penalty. 

5 

Q what bliss d'ivine 1 felt, 

When my Ransom F could see^ 

Bearing all my sin and guilt 
In his body on the tree. 

6 

[Bless the Saviour, all above : 
Swell the chorus, — ye below 

Who enjoy his sovereign love. 
And his tender mercies knowt 
7 

Hosts of pardon'd rebels sing 

Jesu's free, almighty grace 5 
To eternal ages bring, 
Boundless revenues of praise, j 

229 8. 7. Srvain. 

Praise for Conversion^ Jer, xxxi. 

ON the brink of fiery ruin, 
Justice, with a flaming sword^ 
Was my guilty soul pursuing, 
When 1 first beheld my Lord. 

^2 

[Terrified with Sinai's thunder, 
Straight 1 flew to Calvary j 



CONVERSION. 



^30 



Where I saw with love and wonder 
Him, by faith, who dy'd for me.] 

3 

Sinner/' he exclaim'd, ^' Fve lov'd thee 
^' With an everlasting love ; 
Justice has in me approved thee ; 
Thou shalt dwell with me above.*'-^ 
4 

Sweet as angels' notes in heav'n, 
AVben to golden harps they sound^ 
Is the voice of sins forgiven, 
To the soul bv satan bound : 
5 

Sweet as angels' harps in glory, 
W vs that heav'nly voice to me, 
When I saw my Lord before me, 
Bleed and die to set me free ! — 
6 

Saints, attend with holy wonder ! 
Sinners hear and sing his piaise ! 
'1 is tlie God that holds the thunder, 
Shews himself the God of grace ! 

230 S, 8. 6. Broxvn. 

True Conversion^ 2 Cor, v. 17. 
HEN with my mind devoutly ])rest, 
Dear Saviour, my revolving breast 
Would past offences trace ; 
Trembling, I make the black review. 
Yet pltias'd behold, admirino: too, 
1 he pov/'r of changing o^race. 

This tongue, with blasphemies defiPd, 
These feet, to erring paths l-eguiFd, 

In neav'iiiy [i^'ague agi ; 
AVho could !j* lieve such lips could praise, 
Or tiiink ivy (\<:fV. ;ind wiiidiog v/ays 

Siiuuid ever Itaa to tiiee ? 




231 



COxWERSION. 



3 

These eyes, that once abusM their sight ^ 
Now lift to thee their wat'ry light, 

And weep a silent flood : 
These hands ascend in ceaseless prayV 
O wash away the stains they wear 

In thy redeeming blood 1 
4 

These ears, that pleasM could entertain 
The midnight oath, the lustful strain; 

When round the festal board : 
Now deaf to all th' enchanting noise. 
Avoid the throng, detest the joys, 

And press to hear thy word. 

5 

Thus art thou serv'd in ev'ry part ; 

O wouldst thou more transform my heart ; 

This drossy thing refine ; 
That grace might nature's strength controul, 
And a new creature — body — soul 

Be, Lord, for ever thine ! 

231 8.8.6. Kexvton. 

Potver of Converting Grace^ Acts ix. 6. 21,: 

LORD, thou hast won, at length I yield ; 
My heart by mighty grace compelPd, 
Surrenders all to thee : 
Against thy terror long 1 strove, 
But who can stand against thy love ? 
Love c'onquers even me ! 

2 ^ 

All that a wretch could do 1 trv'd, 
Th}'^ patience scorn tI, thy pow'r defy'd^, 

And trampled on thy laws : 
Scarcely the martyrs at the stake 
Could stand more stedfast for thy sake, 

Th'dii I in Satan's cause* 



GONVERSION. 



231 



3 

Bat since thou hast thy love reveaPd, 
And shewn my soul a pardon seaPd, 

I can resist no more : 
Couldst thou for such a sinner bleed ? 
Couldst thou for such a rebel plead ? 

I wonder and adore ! 

4 

If thou hadst bid thy thunders roll, 
And lightnings flash to blast my souf, 

I still had stubborn been ; 
But mercy has my heart suhduM, 
A bleeding Saviour I have view'd^ 

And now I hate my sin.— 
5 

NoWj Lordj I would be thine alone. 
Come, take possession of thine own^ 

For thou hast set me free : 
Released from satan's hard command^ 
See all my powers waiting stand^ * 

To be employed by thee. 

6 

[My will conformed to thine, would movej 
<Jn thee my hope, desire, and love^ 

Jn fixM attention join : 
My hands, — my eyes, — my ears, — my tongue/ — 
Have Satan's servants been too long. 

But now they shall be thine. 

7 

And can I be the very same 

Wlio lately durst blaspheme thy nam^, 

And on thy gospel tread ? 
Sure ev'ry saint Avho hears my case' 
Will praise thee, and confess thy grace 

Invincible indeed !] 



COVENANT. 



COFEM^T. 
S3S (1st. Part.) L. M. Kent 

Rainbow of the Covenant^ 

Gen. ix. 12—17. :M 

■^"^THEN in the cloud, with colours fair^ ' 

? f I see the covenant bow appear 5 
Its beauteous form and lovely rays, 
Awake my soul to love and praise, 
2 

Hi shews to me how firm the base, 
The oath, the promise, and the grace^ 
Which God of old, ere time began, 
To Zion svyare in Christ his Son. 

3 

Dejected saint, dismiss thy fears, 
Still round the throne this bow appears^^ 
Proclaiming' peace and mercy free, ' ^ 
And full salvation now to thee. 

4 

It points thy soul to Jesus now ; 
Vindictive wrath once smote his brow, 
That on thy guilty soul and mine, 
No storms should beat of wrath divine j 
5 

Here, when thy fears begin to rise, 
And hope in disappoint mem dies ; 
This covenant bow, thy fears shall quelle 
'Twas made for thee, in all things well. 
6 

Should sin prevail, and sorrows rise, 
And guilt and darkness, veil the skies ; 
Still round the throne tlie bow shall be^ 
No sign of wrath, but love to thee. 



COVENANT. 



233 



S32 (Second Part.) L. M, 

Immutable Covenant^ 2 Tim. ii. 19. 

THO' from the truth, professors tTirn.,, 
JesLis reject, and mercy spurn i 
His love from all mutation free, 
The guard of his elect shall be. 

2 

He knows the number and the names'. 
Whom he redeemed from Tophet's flames | 
Nor shall the fall of sinnerS;, make 
The base of mercy's building shake* 
3 

His hands shall never once deface^ 
The ancient records of his grp^ce ; 
Whom he redeemed, with him shall risCj 
To fill a mansion in the skies. 

S33 (Third Part) L. M. Wallkh 

Stability of the Covenant^ Isaiah liv. 10. 

REJOICE, ye saints, in ev'ry state. 
Divine decrees remain unmov'd : 
No turns of providence abate, 
God's care for those he once hath lov'd. 
2 

Firmer than heav'n his covenant stands, 
Tho' earth should shake, and skies depart 5 
We're safe in our Redeemer's hands, 
W ho bears our names upon his heart. 

3 

Our surety knows for whom he stood, 
And gave himself a sacrifice ; 
The souls once sprinkled with his bloody 
Possess a life that never dies. 

4 

The' darkness spread around our tent^ 
Tho' fears prevail, and joys decline 5 
L 2 



233, 234 



COVExNANT. 



God will not of his oath repent. 
Dear Lord, thy people still are thine. 

233 8s. Toplady. 

StahUity of the Covenant , Isaiah liv* 10) 

A DEBTOR to mercy alone, — 
Of covenant mercy I sing : 
Nor fear with my righteousness on, 
My person and off rings to bring : . 

2 

The terrors of law and of God 
With me can have nothing to do ; 
My Saviom'^s obedience and blood 
Hide all my transgressions from view^* 
S 

The work which his goodness began. 
The arm of his strength will complete } 
His promise is Yea and Amen, 
And never was forfeited yet 5 
4 

Things future, nor things that are now^—- 
Not all things below nor above, 
Can make him his purpose forego, 
Or sever my soul from his love. 

5 

My name from the palms of his hands 
Eternity will not erase ; 
Irapress'd on his heart it remains 
In marks of indelible grace : 
6 

Yes ! I to the end shall endure, 
As sure as the earnest is giv'n ; 
More happy, but not more secure, 
The glorify- d spirits in heav^i. 

234 8. 7. L^e. 

Covenant Love^ 1 Peter i. 2. 

FAR, beyond all comprehension 
Is Jehovah's covenant love : 




COVENANT, 



^35 



Who can fathom its dimension ? 
Or its unknown limits prove ? 

2 

-Ere the earth upon its basis. 

By creating pow'*r was built. 
His designs were wise and gracious^ 

For removing human guilt. 

3 

He displayed his grand intention, 

On the mount of Calvary' ; 
When he dy'd for our redemption, 

Lilted high upon the tree. 

4 

O ! how sweet, to view the flowing 

Of his soul-redeeming blood ! 
With divine assurance knowing 

That it made my peace with God* 
5 

[Why, O Lord ! was 1 elected, 

Thy salvation to enjoy ? 
While such myriads were rejected^ 

Equally as good as 1 ? 

6 

Nought foreseen thy love excited. 

Faith or good desires in me ; 
But, because thy grace delighted 

To be sovereign and free.] 
7 

Freely thou wilt bring to heaven 
All thy chosen ransom'd rac=i^, 

Who to thee, their head, were given. 
In the covenant of grace. 

235 8. 8. 6. Anon. 

Everlasting CGvenant^ 2 Sam. xxiii. 5. 
7% O VV for a liymn of praise to God, ' 
J . ^ (Ye trophies of a Saviour's blood ;) 



(Covenant. 



Join the sweet choir above ; 
AH your harmonious accents brings 
^Wake ev'ry high celestial string. 

To chant redeeming love. 

Ere God pronouncM creation good^ 
©r bade the vast unbounded flood 

Thro* fixed channels run ; 
Ere lightj from ancient chaos sprang^ 
©r angels earth's formation sang, 

He chose us in his Son. 

3 

Then was the covViant order'd sure, 
^hro' endless ages to endure, 

By Israel's Triune God ; 
That none this covenant might evade^ 
With oaths and promises 'twas made^ 

And ratify'd in blood. 

4 

[God is the refuge of my soul, 

Tho tempests rage, tho' billows roily 

And hellish pow'rs assail : 
^Lternal walls are ray defence, 
Environed with Omnipotence 

What foe can e'er prevail ? 

5 

Then let infernal legions roar, 

And waste their cursed vengeful pow'r. 

My scul their wrath disdains : 
In God my refuge I'm secure. 
While covenant promises endure. 

Or my Redeemer reigns.] 

236 6. 8. 4. Olive 

Covenant God, Ex. iii. 6. Galatiar. 
r¥lHE God of Abrjilrm praise, 
JL Who reigns cnlhrorrd above, 



COVENANT. 



236 



Ancient of everlasting days, 

And God of love : 
Jehovah great i am ! 
By earth and heav'n confessed ; 
I bow, and bless the sacred name 

Forever bless'd. 

2 

The God of Abraham praise, 
At whose supreme command, 
From earth I rise, — and seek the joys 

At his right hand : 
I all on earth forsake, 
Its wisdom, fame, and pow'r ; 
And him my only portion make^ 

My shield and tow'r, 

3 

The God of Abrah'm praise, 
Whose all-siiliicient grace 
Shall guide me, all my days, 

In all his ways : 
He calls a worm his friend ! 
He calls himself my God ! 
And he shall save me to the end 

Thro' Jesu's blood. 

4 

[He by himself hath sworn 5 

1 on his oath depend ; 

I shall on eagle-wings upborne, 

To heav'n ascend ! 
I shall behold his face, 
I shall his povv^^ adore ; 
And sing the wonders of his grace 

For evermore !] 

PART SECOND. 
5 

Tho' nature's strength decay, 
And eanh and liell withstand, 



236 



COVENANT. 



To Canaan's bounds I urge my way, 

At God's command : 
The watery deep I pass. 
With Jesus in my view. 
And thro' this howUng wilderness 

My way pm'sue. 

6 

The goodly land I see. 

With peace and plenty bless 'd: 

The land of sacred liberty, 

And endless rest ; 
There milk and honey flow, 
And oil and wine abound ; 
And trees of life for ever grow, 

With mercy crown 'd. 

7 

There dwells the Lord our King, 
I'he Lord our righteousness ; 
Triumphant o*er the world and sin. 

The Prince of Peace, 
On Sion's sacred height, 
His kingdom still maintains ; 
And glo. ious, Vv ich his saints in light, 

For ever reigns. 

8 

[He keeps his ovv^n secure, 
lie giiards them by his side ; 
Array'd in garments white and pure, 

His spotless bride, 
With streams of sacred bliss. 
With wines of living joys, 
Wirh ail the fruits of paradise, 

He still supplies.] 

PART THIRD, 

9 

Before the great Thr*^:e^One, 
His saints exulting stand ^ 



COA^ENANT. 



And shout the wonders grace hath done. 

Thro' all their land : 
The listening spheres attend, 
And swell the growing fame ; 
And sing in songs that never endj 

The wondrous name. 

10 

The Triune God on high, 
The glad archangels sing ; 
And " holy, holy, holy,^' cry, 

" Almighty King ! 

Who wast, and art the same, 

And evermore shall be ; 
" Jehovah, — Fat her, ---great I AM,! 

" We worship thee*'' 
11 

Before the Saviout's face, 
The ransom'd nations bow^ 
O'erwhelm'd by his almighty grace^ 

For ever new : 
He shews his scars of love, 
They kindle to a flame. 
And sound thro' all the worlds above^ 
The slaughter'd Lamb !" 

12 

The whole triumphant host 

Give thanks to God on high : 

" Hail Father, Son, and Holy Ghost 

They ever cry ; 
Hail Abrah'm's God and mine ! 
(1 join the heav'nly lays :) 
All might and majesty are thine, 

And endless praise. 

[See also Hymn 629-] 



237 



CREATION. 



CREATION. 
237 L. M. Keedham. 

Vieio of the Creation^ Genesis i. 31. 

LC?OK iipj ye saints ! direct your eyes 
To iiim who dwells above tiie skies ; 
With your glad notes his praise rehearse 
Who forni'd the mighty universe. 

2 

He spake, and from the womb of night 
At once sprung forth the cheering light i 
Him discord heard ; and, at his nod. 
Expanded beauty spoke the God. 

3 

The word he gave, — th' obedient sun 
Began his glorious raco^ t© run ; 
Nor silver moon, nor stars del?^y 
To glide along th' setherial way. 

4 

Teeming with life ; — air= earth, and sea. 
Obey th' Almighty's higli decree \ 
To evTy tribe he gives their food, 
Then speaks the vyhole divinely good. 

5 

But, to complete the wond'rous plan, 
From earth and dust he fashions man ; 
In man the last, in him the best, 
The Maker's image stands confest. 

6 

Lordj while thy glorious works I vievv. 
Form thou my heart and soul anew ; 
Here bid thy purest light to shine. 
And beauty glow with charms divine* 



CREATION, 



S3S 



238 (First Part.) 8. 8. 6. Ogilvie, 

Ua versal Praise, Psalm cxlvlii. 

BEGINj my soul, ih' exalted lay, 
Let each enrapturM thought obey, 
And praise th' Almighty's name : 
Lo ! heav'n and earth, and seas and skies^ 
In one melodious concert rise, 
To swell th' inspiring theme. 

2 

Thou heav'n of hf?av'ns, his vast abode. 
Ye clouds proclaim your forming God 5 

Ye thunders, speak his pow'r ; 
Lo ! on the lightning's gleamy wing 
In triumph walks th* eternal King ; 

1 h' astonishM worlds adore. 

3 

Ye deeps, with roaring billows rise, 
To join the thunders of the skies, 

Praise him* who bids you roll ; 
His praise in solier notes declare, 
Each whisp'i ing breeze of yielding air, 

And breathe it to the soul. 

4 

Wake, all ye soaring throngs^ and sing 5 
Ye feather'd warblers of the spring, 

Harmonious anthems raise. 
To him who shap'd your finer mould, 

i\Vho tipp'd your glittering winos with gold, 
I And tun'd your voice to praise. 
5 

Let man, by nobler passions sway'd, 
Thele^liii f h; ui t. the judging head, 

In heav'sily |. raise emjjioy ; 
Spre,i(! tl?.! creator's n imea ound, 
Till i'-' I. tr > broad arch rin^^ back the sound, 

In gca rid buists ol joy. 



238 



CREATION. 



238 (Snd Pt.) 7. 8. Maurice^s CoL 

Vniversal Praise, Psalm cl. 

PRAISE the Lord, who reigns above.. 
And keeps his courts below ; 
Praise the holy God of love, 
And all his goodness shew : 
Praise him for his noble deeds, 
Praise him for his matchless pow'r ; 
Him, from whom all good proceeds, 
Let earth and heav'n adore. 

2 

Publish, spread to all around 
The great ImmanuePs name ; 
Let the trumpet's martial sound 
Him, Lord of hosts, proclaim ; 
Praise him, ev'ry tuneful string, 
All the reach of heav'nly art ; 
A.11 the pow'rs of music l3ring, 
The music of the heart. 

3 ' 
Him, in whom we move and live. 
Let ev'ry creature sing ; 
Glory to our maker give. 
And homage to our King: 
Ilallow'd be his name beneath. 
As in heav'n, on earth ador'd 5 
Praise the Lord, in evVy breath, 
Let ail things praise the Lord. 

I 

S38 (3d. Part ) L. M. Cowper. 

Darkness dissipatech 
HEN darkness long has veiPd my mind* 
And smiling day o^:ce more appears, 
Then, my Uedeemer ! then I find 
The folly of my doubts and fears. 




DEATH. 



239 



2 

Straight I Upbraid my wand'ring heart 
And blush that I should ever be 
Thus prone to act so base a part. 
Or harbour one hard thought of thee ! 

Oj let me then, at length, be taught 
(What I am still so slow to learn,) 
That God is love, and changes not. 
Nor knows the shadow of a turn. 

4 

[Sweet truth, and easy to repeat !-— 
But when my faith is sharply try'd, 
I find myself a learner yet, — 
Unskilful, weak, and apt to slide. 

5 

But, O my Lord, one look from thee 
Subdues the disobedient will ; 
Drives doubt and discontent away, 
And thy rebellious worm is still.] 
6 

Thou art as read}^ to forgive, 

As I am ready to repine ; 

Thou, therefore, all the praise receive 5 

Be shame, and self-abhorrence, mine ! 



DEATH. 
239 M. S . 

JJiihnoicn IVorld, 

O! BY what glhnm'ring li<;ht we view 
Tliat unknown world v/e're hastening too ! 
Godliath lock'd up tlie mystic page. 
And curtciin'd dui kiies.s round the stage* 



239 DEATH. 

2 

We talk of heav'n, — we talk of hell,-^ 
Eiit what ihey mean no tongue can tell i 
Heav'n is the realm \^here angels are, 
And hell the chaos of de:^air. 

15 

'But what these awful words imply 
]S\)ne of us know before we die I — 
Whether we will or not, — we must 
Take the succeeding world on trust. 

4 

[This hour, perhaps our friend is well. 
The nextj we hear his passing bell ; 
He dies, and then for ought we see, 
Ceases at once, to breathe, and be.] 
5 

Swift flies the soul,~perbaps tisgone^ 
Ten thousand leagues beyond the sun ; 
Or twice ten thousand more thrice told 
Ere the forsaken clay is cold. 

6 

But ah ! no notices they give, 
I^or lell us where, or how they live ; 
Tlio" conscious while with us below, 
How much themselves desir'd to knowi. 
7 

As if bound up by solemn fate, 
I'o keep this secret of their state; 
To tell their joys or paiiis to none, 
That man may live by faith alone. 

8 

Well !— let our Sovereign, if he please, 
Lock up his marvellous decrees ; 
¥v by should we wish him to reveal, 
What he thinks proper to conceal ? 

9 

[It ' > enovio'b, that we believe, 
iieciv'ii's brighter far than we conceive j 



DEATH. 



240, 241 



And may God our souls prepare. 

To meet and bless, and praise him there.] 

240 L. M. 

Supposed Conversation between the Mother and 
the Child after Death. 
Mother, 

AH ! little sojourner below, 
Oh why fr(?m hence so quickly gone ? 
Say — is this world so full of woe, 
That thou shouldst quit thine earthly home ?— « 
2 

Child. 

Vain world, — how transient is its joy, 
Its pleasures soon will end in prdn ; 
But where I am, — there's no alloy, — 
Who would not die, thi = bliss to gain ?— 

Here babes, like me, foi ever sing 
I'he dear Kedeemer's dying love ; 
Our songs make heav'n-» high arches ringj^ 
And rills of bliss fill all above. 

4 

Then cease t' indulge the falling tear^ 
I now with Jesus ever dwell 5 — 
If you my praises did bur hear^ 
You'd surely say that all is well ! 

5 

[Now let each furrowed cheek be dty^ 
And the Redeemer's grace adore ; 
Soon shall you mount with me on highj 
To sing, and praise, and part no more.] 

z^i (Fiist Pt ) C. M. 

i ^arenVs Submission under the Loss of a ChiW 
1 Sam. iii. L8. 

GOD hath bcreavM me of my child 5 
His hand m this Fve vievy'd 5 



241 



DEATH. 



It is the Lord shall I complain ? — - 
" He doth what seems him good 
2 

[I know the Lord does all things wellj 
His will has always stood ; 
It is the Lord f — I this can tell, 
" he doth what seems him good."] 
3 

*Twas God, who gave the child to m^^^ 
Th' appointed time he stood ; 
It is the Lord 5" — I plainly see, 
" He doth what seems him good.'' 
4 

Yet nature feels, — but ah, he's gone,— 
For him my tears have flowM ; — 
It is the Lord — his hand I own, 
" He doth what seems him good/? 
5 

[Support my sinking spirit up 

Under this heavy load ; 
^' It is the Lord and he is just, 

" He doth what seems him good.f^ 
6 

It is on thee my hope is stay'd, 

I know thou art my God ; 
" It is the Lord his hand FU bless, 

" He doth what seems him good.' •] 
7 

Uphold me Lord, by grace divine, 

And cleanse me with thy blood 5 
I now resign my all to thee. 

Since all things work for good, 

g41 (2nd. Pt ) C. M. Bofldridge. 

Death of a Child, Isaiah Ivi. 4, 5. 

YE mourning saints, whose streaming t€a^$ 
flow o'er your children dead; 



DEATH. 



242 



Say notj in anguish of despair, 
That all your hopes are fled. 

2 

While cleaving to that darling dust, 

In fond distress ye lie, 
Rise, and with joy and rev'rence view 

A heav'nly parent nigh. 

3 

[Tho', your young branches torn awa}''^ 

Like withered trunks ye stand ! 
With fairer verdure shall ye bloom, 

Touch'd by th' Almighty's hand J 
4 

Pil give the mourner,'^ saith the Lord^ 
" ^n my own house a place ; 
N names of daughters, and of sonSj^ 
Could yield so high a grace. 

5 

Transient and vain is evVy hope 
" A rising race can give ; 
" In endless honour and delight 
" My children all shall live.'' 
6 

[We welcome, Lord, those rising tears, 

Thro' which thy face we see, 
And bless those w ounds, which thro' our heart]^. 

Prepare a way for thee.] 

243 C. M. Knight. 

Death of a Child^ 2 Sam. xii. 22, 23. 
LAS ! how chang'd that lovely flow'r, 
Which bloom'd and cheer'd my heart ) 
Fair fleeting comfort of an hour, 
How soon we're call'd to part ! 

2 

And shall ray bleeding heart arraign 
That Godj whose ways are love } 



243 



fiEATH. 



Or vainly cherish anxious pain 
for lier who rests above ? 

3 

No I — let me rather humbly pay 

Obedience to his will, 
And with my inmost spirits, say 

" The Lord is righteous still.'^ 
4 

From adverse blasts, and lowering storms. 

Her favoured soul he bore, 
And with yon bright angelic forms, 

She lives to die no more. 

5 

Why should I vex my heart, or fast j 

IN o more slieUl visit me, 
My soul, will mount to her at last, 

And I her face shall see. 

6 

Prepare me^ blessed Lord, to share 

The bhss thy people prove ; 
Who round thy glorious throne appear^ 

And dwell in perfect love. 

243 C. StennetL 

Death of a Child j Matt. xix. 14. 

THY life I read, my dearest Lord^ 
With transport all divine ; 
Thine image trace in ev'ry word, 
Thy love in ev'ry line. 

2 

Methinks I see a thousand charms 

Spread o^er thy lovely face. 
While infants in thy tender arms 

Receive thy smiling grace. 

3 

I take these little lambs,*' said he, 
And lay them in my breast \ 



DEATH. 



Protection they shall find in me, 
In me be ever blest. 

4 

Death may the bands of life unloose, 

But can^t dissolve my love ; 
Millions of infant souls compose 
" The fauiily above. 

5 

Their feeble frames my powT shall raise, 
^- And mould with heav'nly skill ; 

I'll give them tongues to sing my praise j 
" And hands to do my will." 

6 

His words the happy parents hear^ 

And shout with joys divine ; 
Dear Saviour, all we have and are 

Shall be for ever thine. 

344 0, M. owing. 

. Death of a young Ferson^ Psalm cii. 23* 

MY Father calls me to his arms, 
And willingly T go : 
With cheerfulness I bid farewell 
To ev'ry thing below. 

2 

IVIy tender parents kind and dear, 

1 bid farewell to you ; 
Tho' nature feels, and I can find 
^Tis hard to say, adieu ! 

3 

friends and kindred love me much, 
Ye hold me near your heart ; 
nd still I feel that I can love, 
And find it hard to part. 

4 

e brothers, sisters, me you love^ 
And love 1 also feel ; 

M 



245 



DEATH, 



I see your tender passions move^ 
Your grief you can't conceal.] 
5 

But do not weep or grieve for me 5 

You know 1 must go home j 
I was upon a visit here, 

And now I must return. 

6 

[Farewell, thou world, with all thy toys ! 

For thou hast been to me 
A world of transitory joys^ 

Of sin and vanity.] 

r 

Now I rejoice to leave this world 

Of sorrow, sin, and pain ; 
I know Fm wash'd in Jesu's blood, 

And shall a crown obtain. 



[I'm going to my heav'nly friend, 

My Jesus and my all ; 
He calls to take me to his arms, 

And I'll obey the call.] 

245 M. Cruden. 

Death uncertain^ Eccl. ix. 10* 

COMF., O my soul, look up and see 
How swift the moments run ! 
Swift as the wheel of time whirls round 
My closing day brings on. 

2 

[Some busy hand perhaps this hoU£ 
Is weaving fast my shroud ; — 

Soon hoary winter will draw on, 
And freeze life's vital flood.] 



I 



jFew clocks for aught I know, may strike 
Before my fun'ral knell, 



DEATH. 



24§ 



Which by its doleful sounding tongue, 
Shall my departure tell. 

4 

* When the grim king of terrors calls 

May I triumphant stand ; 
And find my Saviour then my friend 

To giiide me with his hand. 

5 

Then shall my spirit soar away 

To heav'n, and see his face ; 
And sing with all the ransom'd throng 

The wonders of his grace !' 

S46 C. M. Farwell. 

Farewell. 

YE fleeting charms of earth, farewell;; 
Your springs of joy are dry 5 
My soul now seeks another home, 
A brighter world on high. 

2 

Farewell, ye friends, whose tender can$ 

Has long engag'd my love ; 
Your fond embrace 1 now exchange 

For better friends above. 

3 

Cheerful I leave this vale of tears, 
Where pains and sorrows grow ; 

Welcome the day that ends my toil 
And ev'ry scene of woe. 

4 

No more shall sin disturb my breast. 
My God shall frown no more ; 

The streams of love divine shall yield^ 
Transports unknown before. 

5 

Fly then, ye interposing days, 
Lord, send the summons down^ 



DEATIt. 



The hand that strikes me to the dusty 
Shall raise me to a crown. 

347 L. M. Harrison. 

Longing for Heaven. 

HASTE J that deiighttiil^ awful da}^, 
When this my soul, shall leave her day 
iMount up and make her last remove. 
And join the church of Christ above. 

2 

V^ain world ! what are thy toys to me ? 
'^Tis Jesus, whom I long to see ; 
IM leave my friends, my life, my all, 
And thus address this earthly ball 5 — • 
3 

^' Farewell, — no more I tread your ground j 

No more I need the gospel sound ; 
" My feet have reachM the heavenly shorey 
^* I know no imperfections more. 

4 

Let friends no more my suff 'rings moufn^ 
^' Nor view my relicks with concern 5 

cease to drop the pitying tear, 
I've past beyond the reach of fear. 

. 5 

Thro' tribulation, sharp and long, 
I'm brought to join the sinless throng ; 

" Glory to God for ev'ry woe, 

^' And all the pain I felt below. 

6 

^* Ml glory to the Lamb of God, 
" My robes are spotless thro' his blood ; 
^ 'Tis thro' his free and sov'reign grace, 

1 now behold his blissful face." 

7 

[Worthy the Lamb, that once was slain^ 
In glory infinite to reign j 



BEATH. ^48 

To him be endless praises giv'n. 
By all on earth, and all in heav'n J 

248 C. M, Mason. 

Hope of Heaveju 

I SOJOURN in a vale of tears^ 
Alas ! how can I sing ? 
Mj harp doth on the willows hangj 
Untun'd in ev'ry string, 
2 

O; come, my dear almighty T.ordj 

My sweetest, surest friend : 
.Come, for I loathe these Kedar tents-^ 

Thy fi Vy chariots send. 

3 

[\Vhat have T here ? — -my thoughts arid joj^jg^ 

So long disposed to roam 
Are fixVi — and I will follow them 

To my eternal home.] 
4 

What have I in this barren land } 

My Jesus is not here ; 
jVJine eyes w ill ne'er be blest, until 

My Jesus deth appear. 

5 

JVly Jesus is gone up to heaven, 

To get a place for me ; 
For 'tis his will that where he is^ 
His follow^ers should be. 

6 

■ Canaan I view from Pisgah's top | 
[ Of Eshcol's grapes 1 taste ; 
l^ly Lord, who sends unto me here^ 
Will send for me at last. 

7 

|J[I have a God that chano-e'di not, 
Why sh(aild I be perplexed ? 
ly v/od, who owns me in this world, 
VViii Qwn uje in tiiQ next, 



249 DEATH. 

8 

Go fearless then, my soul, with God, 

Into another room ; 
Thou who hast walked with him here, 

Go, see thv God, at home.] 
9 

JVIy dearest friends, i hey dwell above, 

Them will i go to see ; 
And all my fi'iends in Christ, below 

Will soon come after me. 

249 C M. lopJadtrs Col 

Happiness of Saints in Htavetu 

13" OW happy are the souls above, 
A From sin and sorrow free ! 
With Jesus they are now at rest, 
And all his glory see. 

2 

'« Worthy the Lamb aloud they cry, 

i h -t brought us here to (iod 
In ceaseless iiyuins of praise, they shout 
The merits of his biood. 

3 

[Sweet gratitude inspires their songs^ 

Ambitious to proclaim, 
Before the Fat]ier's awful tlirone, 

The honours of the J^amb.] 
4 

W^ith wondering joy they reccollect 
Their fears and dangers pasr ; 

And bless the wisdom, pow'r and love,. 
Which brought them sale at last. 

5 

The}^ follow the exalted Lamb, 

Where'er they see him go ; 
And at the footstool of his 5.- race 

Their biood-bought crowns they throw. 



DEATH, 



6 

Lord, let the merit of thy Heath, 

To me be Hkewise giv'n ; 
And I with them will shout thy praise 

Thro* all the courts of heav n. 

250 C. iVL Doddridge. 

Comfort under the Death of a Minuter^ 
Jos. i. 2, 5. 
r TVrOW let our drooping hearts revive, 
L JL-\ And all our tears be dry ; 
Why should those eyes be drown'd in grief^ 
Which view a Saviour nigh ?] 
2 

What tho" the arm of conquering death 
Does God's own house invade ; 

What tho' the prophet and the priest 
Be numbered with the dead ? 

3 

^lio* earthly shepherds dwell in dust '? 

The aged and the youngf 5 
The watchful e3"e in darkness clos'dj 

And mute th' instructive tongue : 
4 

Th' eternal shepherd still survives, 

New comforts to impart ; 
His eye still eui Jes us, and his voice 

Still animates our heart. 

5 

Lo, I am with you,'- saith the Lord, 
" My chin Cii shall safe abide ; 
^' For I wili neVr forsake my own, 
" Whose souls in me confide." 

6 

Thro- ev'ry scene of life and dep^fi, 

Th!s promise is our trust ; 
Ani this shah be our cnildrtn's SlHJ, 

When ue urs cold in dui>t. 



251 



BE Am 



S51 (First Part.) L. M, 

Victory over Deaths J Cor. xv. 57. 

JESUSj I love thy charming name, 
Thy praise shall still employ my tongue | 
For ever will I make thy love 
The pleasing burden of my song. 

2 

When in the shades of gloomy nighty 
OppressM with dark despair I lay 5 
Thy grace upheld my fainting heart. 
And chas'd my dismal fears away. 

3 

CheerM with thy light, the dreary vale 
f^oses its horror, and its gloom ; 
Thy grace can make e'en death to smile^ 
And spread a glory round my tomb. 

4 

Thou king of dread I my faith and hope^ 
Above thine utmost malice soar ; 
O death ! where is thy mighty sting ? 
Nor boast, O grave, thy victVv more. 

5 

[Thanks to thy name, thou God of Love! 
To thee eternal thanks \ give ; 
I'll still pursue the glorious theme, 
Long as my deathless soul shall live. 

6 

O ! could I join the shining host, 

And strike those golden harps above : — - 

But 1 can never, never sing 

In strains proportioned to thy love.] 

g51 (Sod. Part.) C. M. Steele^ 

Victory over Deathy 1 Cor. xv. 57- 
H EN death app£ars before my sigbt^ 
In all his dire array. 
Unequal to the dreadful fight^^ 
iVl^ couiage dies awa^» 




DEATH. 



2 

But see my glorious leader nigh i 
My Lord, — my Saviour lives ; 

Before him death's pale terrors flyi 
And my faint heart revives 
3 

He left his dazzling throne above ; 

To meet the tyrant's dart ; 
And, (O amazing pow'r of love !) 

Receiv'd it in his heart. 

4 

[O for the eye of faith divine 
To pierce beyond the grave ! 

To see that friend and call him minej. 
Whose arm is strong to save !] 
5 

Lord, I commit my soul to thee ! 

Accept the sacred trust, 
ileceive this noble part of me, 

And watch my sleeping dustj 
6 

Till that illustrious morning come^ 
When all thy saints shall rise. 

And, cloth'd in full immortal bloom^ 
Attend thee to the skies. 

7 

When thy triumphant armies sing 
The honours of thy name, 

And heav'n's eternal arches ring 
With glory to the Lamb, 
8 

O, let me join the raptur'd lays ! 

And with the blissful throng. 
Resound salvation, pow'r and praise^ 

In everlasting song ! 

M 2 



^52 DEATH. 

^52 (1st. Pt,) C. M. Doddridge. 

Death and Judg7nenty Heh.ix* 27' 

fTJTEAV'N has confirmM the great decreCj 
SlJL That Adam's race must die ; 
One general ruin sweeps them down^ 
And low in dust they lie.] 
2 

Ye living men, the tomb survey 

Where you must quickly dwell ; 
Hark ! how the awful summons sounds 

In ev'ry fun'ral knell. 

3 

Once you must die ; and once for all, 

The solemn purport weigh ; 
For know that heav'n or hell are hung 

On that important day. 

4 

Those eyes so lono^ in darkness veiFd^ 

Must wake, the Judge to see ; 
And ev'ry word and ev'ry thought 

Must pass his scrutiny. 

5 

Oj may I, in the Judge, behold 

My Saviour and my Friend ! 
And, far beyond the reach of death^ 

With all his saints ascend. 

252 (Second Pt.) C. M. HaweUo 

Death and Judgment j Heb. ix. 27. 

PAST is the dire decree ! to die 
Appointed man thou art ; gH 
Ai:d after death, for judgmLent nigh, — = 
Sinner prepare thy heart.'^ 
2 

Conscious of evils, many, great, 
My spirit faints with fear ; 



Orj Saviour, prepare my heart. 



DEATH. 



Before thy awful judgment-seat, 
Lordj how shall I appear ? 

3 

Look to my cross/' the Saviour said^ 
'* I dv'd that thou shouldst hve; 
Thy sins were on my bod}^ laid, 
I peace and pardon give. 

4" 

^' Friend of my heart, believe, adore,— 
Enter my promis'd rest ; 
And let dark guilt, and fears, no more 
" Disturb thy throbbing breast. — 
5 

[On my bright throne I soon shall conif, 
" Complete salvation bring ; 
And take my ransom 'd people home, 
^' Prepare to meet your King.''] 
6 

Come quickly. Lord, all praise to thee f 

I've nought to apprehend ; 
Since in the Judge, himself I see, 

My Saviour, and my Friend. 

252 (3rd. Part.) C. M, Keuto:h 

Death of a Believer. 

IN vain my fancy strives to paint 
The moment after death. 
The glories that surround the saints, 
When yielding up their breath. 

One gentle sigh their fetters breaks ; 

We scarce can say, they're gone 
Before the willing spirit takes 

Her mansion near the throne, 
3 

Fiihh strives, but all its efforts fail^ 
Tp Jrace ber m tte flight i 



25^ 



BEATH. 



No eye can pierce within the ver! 
Which hides that world of light. 

4 

Thus much (and this is all) we know^ 

They are completely blest ; 
Have done with sin, and care, and woe^ 

And with their Saviour rest. 

5 

£Their faith and patience, love and zeal| 
Should make their memory dear ; 

And, Lord, do thou the pray'rs fulfil, 
They offered for us here ! 

6 

While they have gain'd, we losers are^ 

We n)iss them day by day ; 
But thou canst ev'ry breach repair^ 

And v/ipe our tears away.] 
7 

[Vv^e pray as in Clisba's case^ 

When great Elijah went. 
Ma}' double portions of thy grace; 

To us who stay, be sent.] 

^52 (4th. Part.) L. Doddr 

Mortality^ Job vii. 8. 
OV'REIGN of life, before thine eye, 
I.o ! iTiortai men by thousands die % 
One glance from thee, at once brings do^v 
The proudest brow, that wears a crown. 
2 

Banish'd at once from human sight. 
To the dark grave's unchanging night ^ 
Imprisoned in that dusty bed, 
W^e hide our solitary head. 

3 

The friendly band no more shall greet. 
Accents faraiiiar once, and 3v/cct i 



DEATH. . 25a 

No more the well-known features trace, 
ISo more rene w the fond embrace. 

4 

Yet if our Father's fahhful hand 
Conduct us thro' this filooniy land, 
ur souls with rvrus-in- ?V <n obey, 
nd fulluw where Ixe . i^t ' way. 

5 

He. noble-- f ^ri>;H than here we leave^ 
In bri^'n-r s ^ w orlds can give j 
Or, by fhe ! e fiiiin. s of his eye, 
A lost creation well supply. 

8. I oddnrlge. 

Support 'n Deat ^ Fsahn xxiii. 4. 

BEHv)LD the gloomy valC; 
Which thou, my soul, must tread, 
Beset with terrors fierce and pale, 
That leads thee to the dead. 

2 

Ye pleasing scenes, adieu, 
Which I so long have known : 
My friends, a long farewell to you,— ^ 
For 1 must pass alone. 

3 

And thou, beloved clay, 
Long partner of my cares, 
In tins rough path art torn awa}*, 
With agony and tears. 

4 

[But see a ray of light, 
With sjilendour ail divine, 
Breaks thro' these doleful realms of night,. 
And makes its horrors shine. 

Where death and darkness reigns^ 
Jehovah is my stay j 



■254 



©EATH. 



His rod my trembling feet sustains^ 
His staff defends my way.] 
6 

Dear Shepherd^ lead me on, 
My soul disdains to fear ; 
JDeath's gloomy phantoms all are flow^, 
JNow life's great Lord is near. 

g54 (1st, Part) 7s. Grant 

On a Saint entering Heaven. 

WH Y was unbelieving I, 
Trembling^ so afraid to die 
Kow my feet in safety stand 
Here within the pr.omis'd land, HaJ, 
2 

Dj what wondrous grace is here j. 
Now Fm safe from ev'ry fear ! 
Sin, and doubts, are pver gone, 
Sighing shall no more be known. 

3 

Henceforth, neither grief nor pain 
.Here successive pleag ires reign 5 
All things our hosannas raise 5 
the glories of this place ! 

4 

O ye perfect happy ones, 
Let me try to join your tunes I 
Come, let us exalt the Lamb, 
Singing ever to his name. 

5 

He, our full redemption wrought | 
He, for us, this glory boiurht ; 
f>om the earth he calls us home ; 
To our b ather's house vve^re come. 

u 

[Oft in Kedar's *ents. I try'd, 
W iieii my -Jed ins face did ^^ide j 



DEATri. 



With my friendsj to raise this song, 
But it languish'd on my t4)ngue. 

7 

Jesus iiow unveils his face ; ^ 
Here I shout of sovereign grac5|f 
FilPd with love, incessant cry, 
To his praise in raptures high. 

8 

O, my drooping friends, below, 
Did you half this glory know, 
Daily would you stretch the wing, 
Here to flly, and thus to sing. Hal.] 

a54 (2d Part) 8. 7. James^ Seh 

Death of a Saint y Heb. vi. 12. 

HAPPY soul, thy days are ended, 
All thy mourning days below | 
Go, by angel-bands attended^ 
To thy blessed Jesus, go. 

2 . 

Waiting to receive thy spirit, 
Lo ! the Saviour stands above ; 
^^hews the purchase of his merit^ 
Reaches out the crown of love. 

3 

Struggle thro' thy latest passion, 
To thy dear Redeemer's breast^ 
To his glorious sweet salvation^ 
To his everlasting rest. 

For the joys he sets before thee^ 
Bear a momentary pain ; 
bie, to live a life of glory, 
Suffer with thy Lord, to reign. 

255 8s. PVhittjieWs Col 

Death of a Brother, Rev. xiv. 13. 

HOW blest is our brother, bereft 
Of all that could burden his mind ! 



255 



DEATH. 



How easy the soul that hath left 
This wearisome body behind ! 

2 

This earth is affected no more 
With sickness, or shaken with pain 
The war in the members is o'er, 
And never shall vex him again. 

3 

[This languishing head is at rest^ 
Its thinking land aching are o'er j 
This quiet immoveable breast 
Is heavM by affliction no more.J 
4 

This heart is no longer the seat 
Of trouble J and torturmg pain 5 
It ceases to flutter and beat. 
It never shall flutter again* 
5 

The lids that he seldom could close ; 
By sorrow forbidden to sleep, 
SeaPd up in the sweetest repose. 
Have strangely forgotten to weep, 
6 

These fountains can yield no supplies, 
These hollows from water are free 5 
Th€ tears are all wipM from these e'^e^ 
And evil they never shall see. 

7 

[To mourn and to suffer is mine, 
While bound in a prison T breathe 5 
And still for deliverance pine, 
And press to the issues of death* 
8 

What now with my tears I bedew, 
O might I th.is moment become 5 
My sph'it created anew, 
My flesh be consigned to the tomb.] 



DEATH, 

256 8s. Anon. 

Death of a Sister^ Rev. xiv. 13. 
^ ril IS finisiiM I — the conflict is past, 
A The heaven-born spirit is lied ; 
Her wish is accompUsh'd at last, 
And now she's entombed with the dead. 
2 

The month's of affliction are o'er, 
The days, and the nights of distress j 
We see her in anguish no more. 
She has gain'd her happy release. 

3 

No sickness, or sorrow, or pain, 
Shall ever disquiet her now ; 
For death to her spirit was gain. 
Since Christ was her life when belo\^'\, 
4 

11 er soul has now taken its flight 
To mansions of glor}^ above ; 
To mingle w^ith angels of light, 
And dwell in the kingdom of love. 

5 

The victory now is obtained. 
She's gone her dear Saviour to see 5 
Her wishes she fully has gain'd, 
She's nov/ where she longed to be. 

6 

[The coffin, the shroud, and the grave. 
To her, were no objects of dread 5 
On him who is mighty to save, 
Her soul was with confidence stayM.] 

Then let us forbear to complain, 
That she is now gone from our sight "| 
We soon shall behc^id her again, 
Vy ith iiew a[icl redoubled delight. 



257, 258 



DEATH. 



257 8. 7' 4. Wwgvove. 

Saint happy on a Death-bed. 

EV'RY moment brings me nearer 
To my long-sought rest above ; 
Higher momits my soul, and higher; 

! how happy to remove 5 ^^^^ j 
Then for ever, 

1 shall sing redeeming love. ^^^^j^ 

2 

Soon shall I be gone to glor}^. 

Join the bright angelic race. 

There repeat the pleasing story,-—* 

I v^'as sav'd by sovereign grace ; 

And for ever ^^^^^^ 

View my loving Saviour's face. fl^^B 

[Tho' my burden sore oppress me^ 
And I shrink beneath my pain 5 
Jesus, he will soon release me, 
And your loss will be my gain : 
Precious Saviour ! — 
With my Lord 1 shall remain.] 

258 S. 7. 4. fVmgrove. 

Saints falling asleep in Jesus, Acts vii. 6Cf» 
To be sung at the Grave. 

HAPPY soul ! we now resign thee. 
Called by the great I AM ; 
Left thy troubles all behind thee, 
Gone to glorify the Lamb : 
And for ever 

Sing the wonders of his name. 

9 

Gone to join the heav'nly choir, 
^Ray'd in spotless garments bright ; 
Gone thy Saviour to admire, 
Who is now thy soul's delight ; 



DEATH. 259, 260 



And for ever 

Sing his praises day and night* 
3 

[There, the once-despised Christian^ 
Free from all his grief and pain. 
Feels the sweetness of religion. 
Proves his life was not in vain : 
An 1 lor ever 

"W iih his Jesus, shall remain.] 

259 Pope. 

The dying Saiht to his Soul^ 1 Cor, xv. 55\ 

YITAL spark of heav'nly flame ! 
Quit, O, quit this mortal frame 
Tremblmg, hoping, lingTuig, living, 
O ! the pain, the bliss of dying ; 
Cease, fond nature, cease thy strife^- 
And let me languish into life. 

2 

Hark! tbev whisper. — angels sa}** 

Sister spirit, come away 
What is this absorbs me quite ? 
Steals my senses, shuts my sight. 
Drowns my spirit, draws my breath. 
Tell me, my soul, can th-s be death ? 

3 

The world recedes, it disappears ! 

Heav'n opens on my eyes^ my ears 

With sounds seraphic ring ; 

Lend, lend your v/ings! I mount, I fly ! 

O er-;\"e . wliei-e is t'^y victory } 

O death; wiiere is thy sting? 

[See also tiymns 647.661. and 671.] 

260 L. M. iiunt ,ani. 

Decrees of G j L Eph i. 11. 
!WaS liX'd in God's eteru i! iiund. 
When iiis dear sons should mercy find . 



261 DECREES OF GOB, 

From everlasting, be decreed, 

When ev'ry good should be convev'd: 



i 



Determm'd was the manner, how 
V/e should be brouoht the Lord to knowj 
Yea, he decreed the very place, 
"Where he would call us by his grace, 
3 ^ 

fVast were the settlements of grace^ 
On niiilions of the human race ; 
And ."V'ly favour richl}^ giv'n, 
Flovv s from the high decrees of heav'it: 
4 

In ev'ry mercy, f"H and free, 
Th* appointing God I wish to see ; 
To see how ^rruT^^, free-grace has reign'^^ 
In evVy blessing he ordain *d. 

5 

Yes. dearest Lord, '\is my desire, 
Thy wise appointments to admire; 
And trace the footsteps of my God 
Thro' ev'ry part of Sion's road. 

281 7s. TiijJand. 

Dec. ees of God J Psalm xxxi. 15/ 
OV'REIGX ruler of the skies ! 
Ever gracious, ever wise ! 
Ali my tiines are in thy hand, — 
All events at thy command. 

2 

His decree, who form xl the earth, 

Fix'd my rirst and second birth ; 
pj*;ents. iiath e-place, and lime— ? 
Ail appoaited were bv h;;n. 

3 

B e t''H I form' 1 me in the womb, 
He shall guide me to the togib I 



DECREES OF GOD. 26 



AH my times shall ever be 
Oider'd by his wise decree. 

4 

Times of sickness, times of health 5 
Times of pemiry and wealth 5 
Times of trial and of grief ; 
Times of triumph and relief ; 

5 

Times the tempter's pow'r to prove | 
Times to taste a Saviom-'s love ; 
^11 is fix*d, the means and end 
As shall please my heav'nly friends 
6 

Plapnes and deaths around me fly 5 
Till he bids J I cannot die 5 
iSot a single shaft can hit 
Till the God of love sees fit. 

M2 (First Pt.) I48tb. Ifarrison 

Dejected^ yet hoplhg^ Psalm xlii. 1 1 . 
"^y^'HY do I thus complain, 

▼ ? And bow my drooping head ? 
Cheer up, my soul, again — 
Thy Saviour is not dead ; 
Jesus, thy lord, is still the same, 
Believe his word, and trust his namCo 
2 

What, tho' he hides his face, 

i^or will one smile afford ; 

Thou yet may'st plead hif^ gace^ 

And venture on his word : 
Still all thy trust on him repose, 
And own him just in ail thy woes. 

. 3 

Why these distressing thoughts ? 
Why these distracting cares ? 
God will forgive thy faults, 
. And wipe away thy tears : 



262 DELIGHT IN GOD' 



Then humbly bow beneath his rod 5— 
But still delight, and hope in God. 

262 (2nd. Pt ) C. M. Ryland. 

Delight in Gody Psalm xxxvii. 4^ 

OLORD ! I would delight in thee, 
And on thy care depend ; 
To thee in ev'ry trouble flee, 
My best, my only friend. 

2 

When all-created streams are dry^d^^ 

Thy fulness is the same ; 
May I with this be satisfy'd, 

And glory in thy name ! 

3 

[Why should the soul a drop bemoafty 

Who has a fountain near 5 
A fountain which will ever run 

With waters sweet and clear? 

4 

No good in creatures can be found. 

But may be found in thee ; 
I must have all things, and abound^ 

While God is God to me.] 
5 

O, that I had but stronger faith, 

To look within tiie veil. 
To credit what my Saviour saitb^ 
Whose word can never fail ! 

6 

O Lord ! I cast my care on thee.^ 

And on thy -a^re depend; 
To thee, in ev'rv r ::vhie flee. 
My best, my only iiiend. 



DELIVERANCES. 263,264 



263 L, M. Gibbms. 

Deliverances, Numb, xxiii. 23. 

WHAT hath God wrought ! might Israel 
say, 

When Jordan rolPd its waves away, 
And gave a passage to their bands. 
To march secure across the sands. 

2 

\j What hath God wrought ! for Jacob's race } 
Shout and adore ihe wond'rous grace 5 
To them fair Canaan's land is giv'n, 
The type of rest, and peace in heav'n.] 
3 

What hath God wrought ! might well be saic^ 
W hen Jesus, rising from the dead, 
Scattered the shades of Pagan night, 
And blessM the nations with his light. 

4 

What hath God wrought ! in sweet surprise^ 
Shall sound thro' all the earth and skies, 
W hen like a mill-stone in the main, 
Proud Rome shall sink, nor rise again. 
5 

What hath God wrought ! O blissful theme 1 
Are we redeemed, and call'd by him ? 
Shall we be led the desart thro' ? — 
And safe arrive in glory too ? 

6 

The news shall ev'ry harp employ, 
Fill ev'ry tongue with rapt'rous joy; 
W hen we shall join the heav'nly throng, 
e'll swell the triumph and the song, 

I 264. !... M. Sfngdrm. 

Dcsparr sinful, Job xxxiii. 24. 



^^^JJ^HAT mean these jealousi<^s and fears? 



As if the Lord was loth to savej 



265 DESPA[R PREYENTEB: 



Or lov'd to see us drench'cl m tears, 
Or sink with sorrow to the grave. ^ 

2 

Does he want slaves to grace his throne ? 
Or rules he with an iron rod ? 
Loves he the deep despairing groan ? 
Is he a tyrant, or a God ? 

3 

Not all the sins which we have wrought 
So much his tender bowels grieve, 
As this unkind, injurious thought, 
That he's unwiiling to forgive. 

4 

What tho' our crimes are black as niglit^^ 
Or glowing like the crimson morn ? 
Immanuel's blood will make them whit^ 
As snow, thro' the pure aether borne. 

5 

Lord, 'tis amazing grace ire own. 
And well may rebel-worms surprise ^— ^ 
But, was not thy incarnate Son ^iii 
A most amazing sacrifice ? 

6 

I've found a ransom," saith the Lord^ 

No humble penitent shall die;" 
Lord, we would now believe thy word 
And thy unbounded mercies try ! 

265 L. M. CriiUmden. 

Hiunhle Trust ; or^ Despair prevented^ 

LORD, didst thou die, but not for me ? 
Am I forbid to trust thy blood ? 
Is not thy mercy rich and free, 
Seal'd in the kind atoning flood ? 

2 

Who, then sliall drive my trembling soulj 
From thee, to regions of despair } 



DEVILS TREMBLE. 



Who has surveyed the sacred roll, 
And found my name not written there ? 
3 

Presumptuous thought ! to fix the bound— 
To limit mercy's sovereign reign : 
What other happy souls have found; 
I'll seek ^ nor shall 1 seek in vain» 
4 

I own my guilt ; my sins confess ; 
Can men or devils make them more ? 
Of crimes, already numberless. 
Vain the attempt to swell the score. 

5 

Were the black list before my sight, 
While I remember Jesus dy'd, 

would only urge my speedier flight. 
To seek salvation at his side. 

6 

Lord, at thy feet I'll cast me down ; 
To thee reveal my guilt and fear ; 
And — if thou spurn me from thy throne—^ 
I'll be the first who perish'd there. 

266 C. Medley. 

Devils y believe and tremble ^ James ii. 
rilO God, who lives and reigns on hi^ 
JL The saints' best passions move , 
Devils belive, and trembling lie, 
But devils cannot love. 

2 

The saints, in songs for ever new, 

Their humble tribute bring ; 
Devils believe, and tremble too, 

jjut devils cannot sing. 

3 

The saints before his throne^ in pray'r 
Tlieir daily wants display 5 
N 



m DOUBTING CHRISTIAN. 




Devils believe, and tremble there^ 
But Devils cannot pray. 

4 

[But to believe this God is love, 

And humbly call him mine ; 
This precious taith comes from above* 

Is heav'nlv and divine.j 
5 

Give me that faith, O God of grace^ 

Which purifies the heart ; 
Which works by love and holines%- 

Nor will from thee depart. 

6 

In this sweet grace, may I excel^ 

And in it hve and die ; 
While trembling devils down in helF^ 

In chains and darkness lie. 

S67 (First Part) C. M. Xexoto^^ 

Doubting Carisiian^ Isaiah 1. 10 
"NCERTAIN how the way to lind.^ 
Which to salvation led ; 
I listened long, with anxious rnind^ 
To hear what others said. 

2 

When some of joys and comforts tol(% 

I fear'd that I was wrong ; 
For I was stupid, dead, and coid^ 

Had neither joy nor song. 

3 

The Lord my lab^ing heart relie v'dy 

And made my burden hght 5 
Then for a moment I believ'dj 

Supposing ail was right. 

4 

Of fierce temptations others talk' cf. 
•Of anguish and dismay ^ 



DOUBTING CHRISTIAN. 



Thro' what distresses they had walk'd., 
Before they found the way. 

5 

Ah ! then I thought my hopes were vaiitj 

For I liad hv'd at ease ; 
% wish'd for all my fears again, 
, To make me more Uke these. 

6 

I had my wish, the Lord disclosed 

The evils of my heart ; 
And left my naked soul expos'd 

To Satan's fi'ry dart. 

Alas ! I now must give it up/^ 

I cry'd in deep despair ; 
How could I dream of drawing hope 

From what I cannot bear. 

8 

Again my Saviour brought me aid, 
And when he set me free. 
Trust simply on my word,'' he said, 
" And leave the rest with me." 

267 (Second Part) C, 

[ Doubting Christian^ Isaiah 1. IQ. 

T ORD, can a soul so vile as mine, 
J-_J E'er hope to be forgiv'n ? 
Can mercy plead in my behalf. 
To bring me safe to heav'n ? 

2 

I look within, and look without^ 
And both quite dark appear; 

My present hopes admit a doubt, 
And faith is mix'd with fear. 

3 

[Amidst the weary, tiresome roadj 
Few beams of comfort shine ; 



m DOUBTLNG CHRISTIAN, 



Scarce can I say, My Fatherj God;'^ 
Or call the Saviour mine.] 
4 

While some of holy pleasures talk. 

Which faith and duty bring ; 
I still in gloomy darkness walk. 

And meet with no such thing. 

5 

Beneath a sk}' calm and serene. 

Their prospect, peace display ; 
Whilst I behold no pleasing scene^ 

Nor hope to cheer mv way. 

6 

[Fain would my soul their bliss obtain^ 

And join the happy few; 
Dear Lord, may I such pleasures gain. 

And be as happy too.] 

S67 (Third Part) S. M. Kexvtoih 

Doubting Christian, Lam. i. 11. 

LORD, can a soul like mine, 
L-nholy and unclean, 
D^re venture near a throne of grace, 
' With such a load of sin ? 

i 2 

If I attempt to pray, 
And lisp thy holy name, 
My thoughts are hurried soon away^ 
I kMow not where I am. 

3 

If in tiiy word I look, 
Such darkness fills my mind, 
i only read a sealed book, 
But no relief can find* 
4 

Myself can hardly bear 
This wretched heart of mine ; 



EARTHQUAKES. 268;2(?^ 



How hateful then must it appear 
To those pure eyes of thine ! 

5 

That blood which Jesus spilt. 
That grace which is thine own. 
Can cleanse the yilest sinner's guilty 
And soften hearts of stone. 

6 

Low at thy feet I boW; 
O pity and forgive ! 
Jlere will I lie and wait till thou 
Shalt bid me rise and live. 

268 L. M. Gibbons, 

Earthquake, Matt, xxiv, 6. 7. 

GREAT God ! in characters of flame,5> 
We read the terrors of thy name 5 
'Tis guilt provokes these dire alarms, 
And sets th' Omnipotent in arms, 
2 

O may the world thy judgments own, 
A nd humbly bow before |hy throne ! 
That pow'r, which rocks asunder parts^ 
Can break e'en adamantine hearts ! 

3 

Of riches, we will boast no more, 
No more to earth entrust our store, 
That in an instantaneous grave 
Resumes the gold i^nd gems it gave. 

4 

Our hopes shall now ascend on high, 
And seek a treasure in the sky : 
The mines above aue rich and pure. 
And shall thro' endless years endure* 

269 L. M. Doddridge, 

Ehenezer, 1 Sam. vii. J 2. 

1^ TERNAL God ! I bless thy name ; 
J The same thy pow'r, thy grace the same j 



270 EBENEZER* 

The tokens of tliy friendly care 
Open, and crown, and close the yeaf, 
2 

I 'midst ten thousand dangers stand^ 
Supported by thy gua' dian hand, 
And see, when I survey thy ways, 
Ten thousand monuments of praise* 
3 

Thus far thy arm has led me on ; 
Thus far I make thy mercy known ; 
And while I tread this desart land, 
New mercies shall new songs demand:^ 
4 

My grateful soul, on Jordan's shore, 
Shall raise one sacred pillar more ; 
Then bear, in thy bright courts above, 
lascriptions of immortal love. 

270 8. 7. Rohwsoiu 

Grateful RecoUection. — Ehenezer^ 
1 Sam. vii. 12. 

COME, thou fount of ev'ry blessing, 
I'une my heart to sing thy grace \ 
Streams of mercy never ceasing 
Call for songs of loudest praise : 
Teach me some melodious sonnet. 
Sung by flaming tongues above : 
Praise the mount— O fix me on it, 
Mount of God's unchanging love* 
2 

Here I raise my Ebenezer ; 
Hither by thy help I'm come ; 
And 1 hope, by thy good pleasure^ 
Safely to arrive at home : 
Jesus sought me when a stranger, 
Wand'ring fi'om the fold of God ; 
He, to save my soul from danger^ 
Interj^oied his precious biood. 




EBENEZER, 



3 

! to grace, bow great a debtor^ 
Daily l^n constraint to be ! 

Let that grace, Lord, like a fetter, 
Bind my wand'ring heart to thee ! 
Prone to wander, Lord, I feel it, 
Prone to leave the God I love ; — 
Here's my heart, O ! take and seal it ^ 
Seal it from thy courts above. 

271 7s Fawcett. 

Ebenezer, Acts xxvi. 22. 

I MY Ebonezer raise 
To my kind Redeemer's praise;; 
With a grateful heart I own, 
Hitherto thy help Fve known. 

2 

What may be my future lot, 
Well I know concerns me not ; 
This should set my heart at rest^ 
What thy will ordains is best. 

3 

1 my all to thee resign ; 
Father let thy will be mine ; 
May but all my dealings prove 
Fiuits of thy paternal love. 

4 

Guard me, Saviour, by thy pow'r. 
Guard me in the trying hour; 
Let thy unremitted care 
Save me from the lurkino: snarei 

5 ' llll 
Let my few remaining days 
Be devoted to thy praise ; 
So the lastj the closing scene, 
Shall be trani^uii and s«r€J^t« 



ELECTION. 



6 

To thy will I leave the rest, 
Grant me but this one request — 
Both in life and death to prove 
Tokens of thy special love. 



ELECIIOjY. 



272 S. M. Tiickei\ 

Union with Christ, 2 Tim. i. 9 

EXPAND, my soul, arise and sing 
The matchless grace of Sion's Kin 
Whose love, as ancient as his name, 
Let all thy pow'rs aloud proclaim. 

2 

^T\ras he, eternal ages past 
Form'd his great plan from first to last : 
And what his arm would e'er fulfil, 
Stood ever present to his will. 

3 

He saw with one capacious glance, 
World upon world to life advance 5 
And fix'd the end, ere time began^ 
Of seraph, reptile, and of man. 

4 

Of man, chief work of all below. 
What wonders are we led to know h 
Wonders surpassing angePs thought 
Are bv our God in Jesus taught. 

5 

Grace, deep as the eternal mind^ 
Unutterable bliss design'd 
For man 5 — ere worlds, or sin, were born^ 
Or angels sang creation's morn, 



ELECTION. 



6 

Chosen of old, of old approved ; 
In Christ th' eternal Son belov'd 
Adopted too, and children made^ 
Ere sin its baneful poison spread. 

r 

* rXho' sin and guilt infest, them here^ 
in Christ they all complete appear; 
For all that justice ere demands, 
Received full pavnient from ills hands. j 

8 

In him the Father never saw 
The least transgression of his lavr^ 
Perfection, then, in him we vlew-^ 
And saints in him are perfect too. 

^ 9 

[Then let our souls, in humble praise. 
To Jesus, lasting anthems raise i 
And love eternal be our song. 
While endless ages roll along.] 

273 7s. Haweis. 

Immntahility of God, 2 Tim. ii. 

GOD'S foundation standeth sure. 
We shall to the end endure^ 
Safely will the Shepherd keep^ 
These he purdiased for his sheep. 

Chorus. 

^^od's foundation standeth sure j 
We shall to the end endure. 

2 

Known to him before tlie siin 
First began liis course to run 5 
Chosen, called from above, 
Objects of eternal love- 

3 

Tut thy seal wpon each heart, 
Thy blest image, Loud impart 5 



274 ELECTION. 

All thyself in us reveal , 
We the clay, and thou the seal. 

4 

Ev*ry evil. Lord, subdue, 
By thy grace our souls renew; 
Then from base affections free, 
Dead to sin, we'll live to thee. 

274 C M. Topladjh 

Elected to Holiness y 2 Tim. C 9. 

HOW vast the benefits divine, 
Which we in Christ possess ; 
We're sav'd from guilt and ev'ry sin, 
And calPd to holiness. 

2 

*-'Tis not for works which we have don^ 

Or shall hereafter do, 
But he of his abounding love 

Salvation does bestow* 
3 

The glory. Lord, from first to last^ 

Is due to thee alone ; 
Aught to ourselves we dare not take, 

Or rob thee of thy crown. 

4 

Our glorious Surety undertook 
Redemption's wondrous plan ] 

And grace was given us in him 
Before the world began. 

5 

[Safe in the arms of sov'reign Iov€5 

We ever shall remain ; 
Nor shall the rage of earth or hell 

JMake thy wise counsels vain.] 
6 

ffSot one of all the cliosen race, 
jBiit shall to heaven attain; 




ELECTION. 275, 27(? 

PjPartake on earth the purposed grace^ 
And then with Jesus reign. 

375 C. M. Anon. 

Election^ 1 Peter, i. 2 — 4. 

ELECTION ! 'tis a joyful sound 
To wretched, guilty man ; 
The Father, Son, and Spirit, form'd 
The everlasting plan. 

2 

[Jesus, for all his chosen sheep . 

Has full atonement made ; 
And justice never can demand. 

That debt should twice be paid.] 

o 
O 

O may this bible-truth inspire 

My heart with purest bliss ; 
And land my soul in mansions, wher# 

j\'Jy chosen Jesus is. 

276 5. 6. Toplady. 

Electing Love^ ilcts xiii. 48.. 

"OW happy are we, 
Our election who see, 
And venture, O Lord, for salvation on thcif 
In Jesus approv'd, ^ 
Eternally lov'd, 
Upheld by thy pow'r we cannot be mov'd, 
2 

['Tis sweet to recline 

On the bosom divine, 
And experience the comforts peculiar to thine ? 

Wliile, born from above ^ 

And upheld by thy love, 
Witli ^mpn^^iK] |riumplitp Sjon we move.] 



ELECTION. 



Oar seeking thy face, 

Was all of thy grace, 
(Thy mercy demands, and shall have all the praisit 

No sinner can be 

Beforehand with thee, 
Thy grace is preventing, almighty, and free* 
4 ■ 

rOur Saviour and Friend, 

His love shall extend. 
It knew no beginning, and never shall end t 

Whom once he receives 

His Spirit ne'er leaves, 
j^'^or ever repents of the grace that he gives.] 
5 

On Canaan's fair land. 

We shortly shall stand, [our hand* 

Vv ith crowns on our heads, and with harps ia 

Our harps shall be tun'd, 

'I'he Lamb shall be crown'd, 
Salvation to Jesus, thro' heav'n shall resound. 

277 8.7.4. R—. 

Sovereign and Electing GracXj Eph. i, 6 — 6. 

SONS we are thro' God's election, 
Who in Jesus Christ believe ^ 
By eternal destination, 
Sovereign grace we here receive ; 
Lord, thy mercy 
Does both grace and glory give. 

Ev'ry fallen soul, by sinning, 

Meriis everlasting pain ; 

But thy love, without beginning, 

Has restor'd thy sons again : 

Countless millions 

Bhall in life, tliro' Jesus reign. 



ELECTIONS ^77 
3 

^ause, my soul ! adore and wonder ! 
' Ask, " O why such love to me 
Grace hath put me in the number 
Of the Savioiu'-s family : 
Hallelujah ! 

Thanks, eternal thanks to thee ! 

4 

[Since that love had no beginning, 

And shall never, never cease ; 

Keepj O keep me, Lord, from sinning ! 

Guide me in the way of peace ! 

Make me walk in 

All the paths of holiness. 

5 

When T quit this feeble mar^sion. 
And my soul returns to thee ; 
Let the pow'r of thy ascension^ 
Manifest itself in me : 
Thro' thy Spirit, 
Give the final victory ! 

6 

When the angel sounds the trumpet ; 

When my soul and body join ; 

When my Saviour comes to judgmentji 

Bright in majesty divine 5 

I shall triumph, 

For his righteousness is mine. 

7 

When in that blest habitation, 
Which my God has fore-ordain'd } 
When, in glory's full possession, 
I with saints and angels stand : 
Free ^race only 

Shall resound thro' Canaan's land. 



5f 8, 279 EPHRAIM'S REPENTANCE, 



278 L. M. Medleif. 

Ephrairn^s Repentance^ Jer. xxxi. 18 — 20. 
.■^■TTOVV shall I give my Ephraim up, 

JlI " Or make him drink the wrathful cup ? 
" Shall I in awful, dreadful ire 
" Doom him to helPs eternal fire ? 

2 

Ah, no ! — my heart is turn'd within^ 
^' I'll punish, yet forgive his sin ; 
And my repentance shall declare, 
The truth which 1 to Israel sware* 
3 

I'll never let m}' word be broke. 

Nor in fierce anger deal the stroke ; J| 
" My dreadful wrath 1*11 not employ^ 
i' Nor Ephraim will I e'er destroy, 
4 

No, — I'll fulfil my gracious plan^ 
^' For I am God, and not like man 

Nor will I punish as a foe, 
f But he my love shall sweetly know* 
5 

^' His sad backslidings I'll forgive, 
And he shall turn again and live ; 
I w^ill again my joys restore. 
And Ephraim then shall weep no more.'' 

279 L. M. Gibbons. 

Eternal Life, Titus iii. 7. 

ETERNAL life ! — how^ sweet the sound 
To sinners who deserve to die ! 
Publish the bliss the world around, 
Echo the joys, ye worlds on high. 

2 

Eternal life ! — how w^ill it reign, 
"When, mounting from this breathless clod ^ 
The soul discharg'd from sin and pairi^ 
Ascend,s t' eiijoy its Father God ! 



ETERNITY. 280 



Eternal life ! — how will it bloom 

In beauty on that blissful day, 

When rescu'd from th' imprisoning tombj 

Glory invests our rising clay ! 

4 

[Eternal life ! — O how refin'd 
The joy ! the triumphs how divine ! 
When saints in body and in mind 
Shall in the Saviour's image shine ! 

5 

Holy and heav'nly be that soul, 
Where dwells an hope so bright as this : 
How should We long to reach the goal, 
And seize the prize of endless bliss 1] 

280 L, M. Steele. 

Eternity joyful an.d tremendous^ Isaiah Ivii* 15^ 
[ "t^ TERNIT Y is just at hand ; 
L H i And shall 1 waste my ebbing sand ? 
And careless view departing day. 
And throw my inch of time away ?] 
2 

Eternity ! — tremendous soiind ! 
To guilty souls a dreadful wound \ 
I But O \ if Christ and heav'n be mine^ 
How sweet the accents ! how divine f 

3 

Be this my chief, my only care. 
My high pursuit, my ardent pray'r^ 
An interest in the Saviour's blood, — 
My pardon seaPd, and peace with God. 
4 

But should my highest hopes be vain, 
The rising doubt, how sharp the pain ? 
My fears, O gracious God, remove, 
Confirm i^y title to thy love. 



£81 



ETERNITY. 



Search, Lord ! O search rny inmost hearty 
And light, and hope, and joy impart 5 
From gailt and error set me free, 
And guide me safe to heav'n and thee. 

231 L. M. Medley. 

Eternity, Jer. x. 10. 

OTHOU eternal, glorious Lord, 
Thy gracious presence now anord J 
To all our souls thine influence bring, 
While of eternity we sing ! 

2 

Eternity, stupendous theme ! 
Compared herewith our life's a dream 5 
Eternity ! O awful sound, 

" A deep wdiere ail our thoughts are drown'd .J^^r 
3 

Eternity ! the dread abode 
And habitation of our God ! 
His glor}^ fdls the vast expanse, 
Beyond the reach of mortal sense> 
4 

But an eternity there is 
Of dreadful woe, or joyful bliss ; 
And, swift as time fuihlls its round. 
We to eternity are bound. 

5 

[What countless millions of mankind 
llave left this Heeling world be-iind ; 
They're gone,— but where? — ^ah! stop and sef^ j 
I'hey're gone into eternity. 

And is eternity so near ? 
And must we very soon be there ? 
Siruer, — ah whither wilt thou flee^ 
Or how avoid eternity ? 




irV ENING HYMNS. 



2m 



7 

Oanst thou for ever bear to dwell 
Jia all the fi'ry deeps of hell : — 
And is death nothing then to thee,— - 
Death J and a dread eternity ?] 
8 

Ye gracious souls, with joy look up^ 
In Christ rejoice, your glorious hope ^ 
This everlasting bliss secures ; 
God, and eternity, are yours. 

282 L. Steele. 

* Evening Hymn^ Prov, iii. 24. 

GREAT God, to thee ray evening song' 
With humble gratitude, I raise 5 

let thy mercy tune my tongue, 
And fill my heart with lively praise. 

2 

Mercy, that rich unbounded store, 
Does my unnumbered wants relieve ^ 
Among thy daily craving poor, 
On thy all-bounteous hand I live. > 
3 

My days unclouded as they pass, 
And ev'ry gentle rolling hour. 
Are monuments of v/ondrous grace, 
And witness to thy love and pow'r. 

4 

[Thy love and pow'r, celestial guard, 
Preserve me from surrounding harms 
Can danger reach me, while the Lord 
Extends his kind protecting arms ?] 
5 

Seal my forgiveness in the blood 
Of Jesus ; — his dear name alone 

1 plead for pardon, gracious God, 
A ad kind acceptance at thy throne^ 



283 EVENING HYMNS. 



6 

Let this blest hope mine eyelids close^ 
With sleep refresh my feeble frame ; 
Safe in thy care may I repose, 
And wake with praises to thy name. 

§83 (First Pt.) L. M. Kenn, 

Evening Hymn^ Psalm iv. 8. 

GLORY to thee, my God ! this night. 
For all the blessings of the light ; 
Keep me, O keep me, King of kings, 
Beneath thine own almighty wings. 

2 

Forgive me, Lord, for thy dear Son, 
The ills that I this day have done ; 
That, with the world, myself^ and the^, 
I, ere I sleep, at peace may be. 

3 

Teach me to live, that I may dread 
The grave as little as my bed ; 
Teach me to die, that so I may 
Triumphant rise, at the last day. 

4 

O may my soul on thee repose 5 
And may sweet sleep mine eyelids close | 
Sleep, that shall me more vigVous make, 
To serve my God when I awake. 

5 

If in the night 1 sleepless lie. 
My soul with heav'nly thoughts supply i 
Let no ill dreams disturb my rest, 
INo povv'rs of darkness me molest. 

6 

[Lord, let my soul for ever share 
T he bliss of thy paternal care ! 
"Tis heav'n on earth, 'tis heav'n abovf^ 
To see thy face, and sing thy love !J 
Praise God; &Ci 



EVENING HYMNS. ?83, 2B4 



S83 (3d. Part.) C, M. Muson. 

Evening Hymn, Psalm cxli. 2. 

NOW, from the altar of our hearts^, 
Let flames of incense rise, 
Assist us. Lord, to offer up 
Our evening sacrifice. 

2 

Minutes and mercies multipIyMy 

Have made up all this day ; 
Minutes came quick, but mercies were 

More swift and free than they. 

3 

New time, new favour, and new joys^ 

Do a new song require ; 
Till we shall praise thee as we would^ 

Accept our heart's desire. 

^ ' Sb4 C. M. Hoskins. 

Eutychus brought to Life, Acts xx. 9 — 12» 

HOW much the hearts of tliose revive^f 
That love and fear the Lord ^ 
I When sinners dead, are made alive^ 
By his all-quick'ning word. 

2 

The parent views with joyful eyes 

His now returning son. 
And in ecstatic joy, he cries, 

^' What hath the Saviour done 
3 

The ministers of Christ, rejoice 

When sou is the word receive ; 
W hen sinners hear the Saviour's voice, 

And in the Lord believe. 

4 

The church of God their praises joi% 

And. of salvation sing ; 
They glorify the grace divinCj 

Of their victorious King. 



285 EVENING HYMNS. 




5 

In heav'n above^ there's joy and praise^ 

Before the Lord most high ; 
Th' angelic choirs, their voices raisC; 

And with each other vie. 

6 

But greater joy must they possesg, 

Who feel this glorious change ; 
Their laboring tongues can but express 

How true, but yet how strange ! 

7 

[Dear Saviour^ comfort us to nighty 

Thy work, O Lord, revive ; 
May we enjoy this noble sight, 

Dead sinner 3 made alive. 

8 

Then will thy saints aloud rejoice^ 

And join the host above, 
To praise thy name with cheerful voice, 

And magnify thy love.] 

285 8.8.6, Cenrdck& Hammond, 

Evening and Morning Hymn^ Luke xxi, 29? 

NO farther go to night, but stay^ 
Dear Saviour, till the break of day ; 
Turn in, dear Lord, with me ; 
And in the morning when I wake, 
jMe in thine arms, dear Jesus, take. 
And 1*11 go on with thee. 

2 

Now, Lord, be with us on our way ; 
Unveil thy face, thine arm display, 

Thy glory let us prove . 
Do thou, dear Saviour, witii us walk, 
That while with thee we sweetly talk^ 

Qur hearts may burn with love? 



EXCELLENCY OF CHRIST. ISij 



3 

fMay we in faith still journey onj 
Till we arrive where thou art gone ^ 

And see thy face in heav'n ; 
Then, when in glory we shall meet^ 
In what sweet concert shall we sit, 

And sing of sins forgiven I 

386 8. 8 6. Mrdley. 

Excellency of Christy Isaiah xxxv. 2. 

O COULD I^speak the matchless worth, 
O could I sound the glories forth, 
Which in my Saviour shine ; 
I'd soar and touch the heavenly strings, 
And vie with Gabriel, while he sings, 
In notes almost divine. 

2 

I'd sing the precious blood he spilt^ 
My ransom from the dreadful guilt 

Of sin and wrath divine : 
IM sing his glorious righteousness. 
In which all perfect heav'nly dress 

My soul shall ever shine. 

3 

sing the characters he bears, 
And ail the forms of love he wears^ 

Exalted on his throne : 
In loftiest songs of sweetest praisq^ 
I would to everlasting days 
Make all his glories known. 

4 

[But ah ! Fm still in clay confined, 
And mortal passions clog my mind. 

And downv/ard drag me still : 
O when shall I attain the skies,, 
And to immortiil glories rise.j 

On Zion's heavenly hill ! j 



t^7, 288 



FAITH. 



5 

Well — the delightful day will come, 
hen my dear Lord will bring me home< 
iVnd I shall see his face : 

Then with my Saviour, brother^ friend^ 

A blest eternity Fil spend, 
Triumphant in his grace. 



FAITH. 
§87 L. M. 

TrutJi^ Lor dr— Yet the Dogs, Szc. xMatt. xv» 

BEHOLD a sinner, dearest Lord, 
Encourag'd by thy gracious word, 
Would venture near to seek that bread^ 
By which thy children here are fed. 

2 

Do not the humble suit deny, 
Of such a guihy wretch as I; 
But let me feed on crumbs, tho' small^^ 
Which from thy bount'ous table fall, 
3 

[I am a sinner, Lord, I own. 
By sin and guilt I am undone ; — 
Yet will 1 wait, and plead, and pray. 
Since none are empty sent away.] 

283 L. M. Steele. 

For a time of Famine, Hab. iii. I7j 18^. 

SHOULD famine o'er the mourning field 
Extend its desolating reign, 
Kor spring her blooming beauties yield. 
Nor autumn swell the golden grain, 
2 

Should lowing herds, and bleating, sheepj 
Around their famishM master die : 



FAITH. 



289 



And hope itself despairing weep, 
While life deplores its last supply: 
3 

Amid the dark, the dismal scene, 
If I can say the Lord is mine, 
The joy shall triumph o'er the paiQ^ 
And glory dawn, iho' life decline.- 
4 

The God of my salvation lives, 
My nobler life he will sustain ; 
JHis word immortal vigour gives, 
Nor shall my glorious hopes be vain. 

5 

Thy presence, Lord, can cheer my heart) 
Tho' ev'ry earthly comfort die ; 
Thy smile can bid my pains depart, 
And raise my sacred pleasures high. 

6 

fO let me hear thy blissful voice, 
nspiring life and joys divine ! 
The barren desart shall rejoice, 
^Tis paradise if thou art mine.] 

289 L. M. Wesley. 

For a iiine of Faminej Hab. iii. 17,18. 

ALTHO' the vine its fruit deny, 
Altho' the olive yield no oil ; 
The withering lig tree droop and die^ 
The field illude the tiller's toil 5— 
2 

Altho' the stall no herd afford. 
And perish all tlie bleating race ; 
Yet will I triumph in the Lord !• — 
The God of my salvation praise ! — 
3 

Tho' comfortless my soul remain. 
And nut a gleam of light appear 3 



296 FAITH; 

Tho joy be sought, and sought in vairt; 
A nd tho' despair itself be near : 
4 

Altho' assurance all be lost, 
And blooming hopes cut off 1 see i 
Yet will I in my Saviour trust, 
And glory that he dv'd for me. 

5 

in hope— ^believing against hope-^ 
My interest still in God 1 claim ; 
His gracious word shall lift me up^ 
Salvation is in Jesus' name. 

6 

Soon shall he bring deliverance nigh, 
And my dejected soul shall find. 
When he shall lift my comforts high, 
His arm how strong, his heart how kind. 

S90 L. M. Needham. 

Paith of the Ancients, Heb. xi. 33, 34* 
LESS'D is the memory of the jrist ! 
And sweet their slumbers in the dust j 
Tho' lost, long lost to mortal eye, 
Their glorious fame shall never die. 

2 

In life's fair book the Patriarchs live. 
Prophets and saints instruction give ; 
Tho' dead, they speak the truth divine^ 
And in example brightiv shine. 

3 

By faith what wonders have they done, 
They sufTrings bore, tliey vict'ries won ; 
By faith they promises obtained, 
And kingdoms to its empire gain'd. 

4 

By faith they clos'd the lion's jaw, 
A^d harmless made his dreadful paw 





FAITH. 



^uench'd fiercest flames, escap'd the sword^ 
And to new life the dead restored. 

5 

My soul, these ancient heroes view, 
Their faith, their love, their zeal pursue; 
Warm'd by each word and glorious deed^ 
In the same blessed path proceed. 

6 

JO may I in their triumphs share : 
And in my Saviour ^s robes appear ; 
And give my Captain great renown^ 
Who gives me an immortal crown. J 

291 C. M. Keedham. 

Faith of the Ancients ^ Heb. vi. 

R[SE, O my soul, pmrsue the path 
By ancient heroes trod : 
1 * Ambitious view those holy men, 
Who liv'd and walkM with God. 

2 

Tlio' dead, they speak in reason^s car^ 

And in example live ; 
Their faith, and hope, and mighty deedSj 

Still fresh instruction give. 

o 
O 

'^Twas thro' the Lamb's most precious blood, 

They conquered ev'ry foe ; 
And to his pow'r, and matchless grace. 

Their crowns and honours owe. 

4 

Lord, may I ever keep in view 

The patterns thou hast giv'n ; 
And ne'er forsake the blessed road. 

\Vhich led them saf<^ to heav'n. *' 



I 



292,293,294 FAITH. 

292 C- M. Hervey. 

Faith. 

WHEN faith presents the Saviour's death^ 
And whispers, this is raine/^ 
^Sweetly my rising hours advance, 

And peacefullv decline. -^^^.^ 

Let outward things go how they will, ^^^^^ 

On thee I cast my care ; 
But let me reign w ith thee in heav'n, 

Tho' most unworth}^ here. 

3 

Faith in thy Jove shall sweeten death, 

And smooth the ragged way ; 
Smile on me, dearest Lord, and then 

I shall not wish to stay. 

293 CM. Swain. 

Sti'oug Faith in GgcVs Salvation* 

FIRMLY I stand on Sion's hill. 
And view^ my starry crown ; 
!^^o powV on earth my hope can shake, 
Nor hell can pull me down. 

2 

Tlie lofty hills and stately tow'rs, 

That lift their heads on high, 
Shall all be levelPd in the dust ; 

Tlieir very names shall die. 

3 

The vaulted heav'ns shall melt away, 

Built by Jehovah's hands ; 
But firmer than tlie heav'ns, the Rock 

Of my salvation stands. 

294 C. M. Keale altered. 

Triumph of Faith, Dan. iii. 23. 
H Al mighty wonders faith has done ! 
f V O, who Clin e'er recount 



FAITH. 



The numerous victMes it has won. 
Or tell the vast amount ? 

2 

Possessed of this, without dismay, 
The Hebrew champions stood, 

And dar'd a tyrant disobey, 
Resisting unto blood. 

3 

His impious threats they disregard. 

And all his fury brave, 
Believing that the God they fear'd^ 

Was able them to save. 

4 

Leaning on his almighty arm, 
Who did such faith inspire, 
They were preserved secure from harm, 
Amidst consuming fire, 
5 

Like precious faith may we possess, 

Nor need we ever fear, 
Tho' call'd thro' floods or flames to pass^ 

If God be with us there. 

295 S. M. Beddome. 

Faith, the Gift of God, Eph. ii. 8. 

FAITH ! — tis a precious grace, 
Where'er it is bestowM j 
It boasts of a celestial birth, 
And is the gift of God ! 

2 

Jesus, it owns a King, — 
An all-atoning priest : 
It claims no merit of its own. 
But looks for all in Christ. 

3 

To him it leads the soul, 
When lilPd with deep distress 3 



296 



Flies to the fountain of his bloody 
And trusts his righteousness. 

4 

Since 'tis thy work alone, 
And that divinely free ; 
Lord, send the Spirit of thy Son^ 
To work this faith in me. 

g96 (1st. Part) 8s. Hart. 

Victorious Faith y Roiii. i. 17> 

THE moment a sinner beJieves, 
And trusts in his crucify'd God^ 
His pardon at once he receives, 
Redemption in full thro' his blood t 

Tho' thousands and thousands of foeS) fl|| 
Against him in malice unite, 
Their rage he, thro' Christ can opposi^, 
Led forth by the Spirit to fight. 

3 

The faith, that unites to the Lambj 
And brings such salvation as this^ 
Is more than mere fancy or name. 
The work of God's Spirit it is : 

4 

It treads on the world and on hell ; 
It vanquishes death and despair ; 
And, what is still stranger to tell, 
It overcomes heav'n by pray'r. — 
5 

It says to the mountains, " depart," 
That stand betwixt God and the soul ^ 
It binds up the broken in heart. 
And makes their sore consciences whole. 
6 

Bids sins of a crimson-like dye, 
Be spotless as snow, and as white ^ 



FALL OF MAN. ^96 

And raises the sinner on high. 
To dwell with the angels of light. 



FALL OF MAjY. 
n96 (Second Pt) C. M, 

Man^s Fall and Recover!/, 
2 Samuel, xiv. 14. 1 Cor. xv. 49» 

1"N Adam's loins, by sin we fell, 
JL And walk'd destruction's road 
Without a will or pow'r to turn, 
To happiness and God. 

? 

Jut God devised means to bring 

His banish'd Children home ^ 
And Christ fuliiii'd the wondrous plan 

By his own death alone, 
3 

The Spirit brings his exiles back 

As trophies of his love, 
And plants within them ho^y fear^ 

No more from God to rove. 

4 

[Ye saints proclaim Jehovah's praise, 

And shout his honours high : 
pis grace shall be your lasting theme, 

When time itself shall die.J 



See also Hymns 219— 222-^327— 333 



297, 208 FAMILY WORSHIP. 



FAMILY WORSHIP. 

297 L. M. Scott. 

Seehing Direction for a neiv Habitation, 

SOLE Sov'reign of the earth and skies, 
Supremely good, supremely wise ; 
Fix thoii the place of our abode, m 
But let it still be near to God. 

2 

There with an ever smiling face, 
Renew the visits of thy grace ; 
The dwelling with thy presence bless, 
And thence each baneful evil chase. 

3 

Thus while we sojourn here beloW, 
Let streams of mercy round us flow ; 
And when our destined race is run^ 
Assign us mansions near thy throne. 

298 L. M. Scott. 

Going to a new Habitation, 

WHEREVER the Lord shall build my house. 
An altar to his name 1^11 raise : 
There morn and evening, shall ascend 
The sacrifice of pray'r and praise. 

2 

Y\''ith duteous mind the social band 
Shall search the records of thy law ; 
There learn thy will, and humbly bow 
With filial reverence and aw^e. 

3 

[Indulgent sin shall ne'er defile, 
The temple hallowM to our God; 
Nor wicked men, nor wicked ways 
Pollute the place of his abode, j 



FAMILY WORSHIP. 



4 

If iium'rous blessings of the earth 
Indulgent God to us afford, 
With warm united hearts we'll pay 
Our grateful tribute to the Lord. 

5 

Here fix, dear Lord, thy sacred rest^ 
And spread the banner of thy love, 
Till ripen'd for the heavenly world 5 
We rise and join the church above. 

S99 C. M. Scott. 

Settling in a new Habitation, 
OW let our hearts their glory wake 
The sacred song to raise ; 
And ev'ry tuneful pow'r combine. 
To shout Jehovah's praise. 

2 

To us a goodly heritage 

His providence assigns ^ 
And in a safe and pleasant place, 

Marks out our happ}^ lines. 

3 

Come, let us to his holy name, 

A grateful altar raise ; 
And be this habitation styPd, 

The house of pray'r and praise. 

4 

Here may the Spirit's breathings, fail 

Devotion to a flame ; 
And faith, and love, and zeal inspir^. 

T' adorn the christian name. 

5 

[Thus with thy visits, smiles, and grace^ 

May this abode be blest ; 
And here, O ;>reat Jehovah (ix 

i iiy pleasant lasting rest.j 




300, 301 FAMILY WORSHIP.— FEAfe, 



30O S. M. 

Joshua^ s Resolution^ Joshua xxiv. 15* 

LET Joshua's solemn charge, 
To IsraePs army giv'n, 
Persuade the souls of all this day. 
To choose the God of heav'i}. 

How blessed is the choice ^HRIP 
To serve and love the Lord ; ^^^^^m 
May he each heart constrain, to trttsj^' 
Upoi) his sacred word. 

3 

This vi^ill afford us joy 
In ev'ry scene of grief ; 
From hence will flow our daily peac;^ 
Our comfort and relief. 

4 

Amidst our doubts and fears. 
Our choice of God will prove 
That he first chose us by his grac^t 
As subjects of his love. 

5 

May sinners round us see^ 
How wise was Joshua's choice ; 
And feel constrained by sovereign lov^^ 

In Jesus to rejoice, ^^^^ 

FEAR. 
301 L, M. A?io?h 

Encoiiragemeni against present Fears^ 
Judges J xiii. 23. 

WHY should I yield to slavish fears ? 
God is the same to endless years $ ;^ 
Tho' clouds and darkness hide bis face, T: 
•He's boundless both in trjth and ofracat 



FEAR. 



.3.0 



2 

Would e^er the God of truth make known 
The \vorth and glory of his Son ; 
His love and righteousness display, 
And cast my soul at last away ? — 

3 . ~ 

Would he reveal my sin and woe, 
Teach me my numerous wants to know ?. 
And help me in my darkest frame. 
To build my hopes on Jesu's name ? 

4 

Would God preserve my soul from hellj 
And make his love at times prevail ; 
Would he bestow such mercies past. 
And yet reject my soul at last ? 

5 

Noj — He's my Father and my friend^ 
i)n whose sure promise 1 depend ; 
Tlio' now from me his lace he hides^ 
Immutable his love abides. 

6 

[Satan shall ne'er o'er Jesus boast^ 
Nor the rich grace be ever lost ; 
The Spirit ne'er his dwelling: lose, 
Is or Christ the humble soul refuse. 

7 

Tho' unbelief may long molesi, 
And sin and satan break my rest ; 
Grace shall at last the victory get, 
And make my conquest quite complete.] 

303 C. M. Beddnme. 

Fear noty Isaiah xliii. 1. 2. 

Y'E trembling souls ! dismiss your fears * 
Be mercy all your theme ; 
Tvlcrcy, wliiclj, likt: a river. Hows 
III one contimial :>trv)am. 

O 2 



FEAR. 



Fear not the pow'rs of earth and hell j 
God will these povv'rs restrain j 

His mighty arm their rage repel. 
And make their efforts vain. 

3 

Fear not the want of outward good ^ 

He will for his provide ; 
tyrant them supplies of daily food; 

And all the}^ need beside. 

4 

Fear not that he will e'er forsake^ 

Or leave his work undone ; 
fle's faithful to his promises — 

And faithful to his Son. 

5 

Pear not the terrors of the grave, 

Or death's tremendous sting 5 
He will from endless wrath preserve-^ 

To endless glory brio a", 
6 

£YoUj in his v/lsdoni, powT, and grace, 

May confidently trust. 
His wisdom guides, his powT protects^ 

His grace rewards the just.] 

303 C. M. Doddridge, 

Fears dissipafedy Isaiah xli. 10. 
yi. ND art thou with us, gracious Lord^ 
To dissij^ate our fear ? 
Dost thou proclaim thyself our God, 
Our God for ever near ? 

2 

Doth thy right hand which formal the earth, 

And bears up all the skies, 
Stretch from on high its friendly aid, 

When dangers round us rise ? 



FAITH. 



304 



3 

Dost thou a father's bowels feel 

For all thy humble saints ? 
And in such tender accents speak 

To sooth then' sad complaints ? 

4 

Why droop our hearts ? why flow our eye^^ 

While such a voice w^e hear ? 
Why rise our sorrows and our fears^, 

While such a friend is near ? 

5 

[On this support my soul shall lean^ 

And ba^iish ev'ry care ; 
The gloomy vale of death must smile. 

If God be with me there.] 

304 L. M. Gibhom, 

On the Alarm of Fire, Amos iv. 11, 

THE fire, with wild unbounded powVj. 
May ruin ev'ry earthly joy 5 
And in a swift surprising hour 
Our treasures, homes, and lives destroy. 
2 

But still the saint its rage defies — 
And should destruction seize his frame^^ 
His unimbodied soul would rise, 
And mount to glory in the flame. 

3 

There stands a palace built sublime^ 
In yonder heavens to which we go^ 
Secure from all the v/astcs of time^ 
And all the dire events below. 

4 

When vengeance, kindling all her fires^ 
Shall ride in ruin o'er the bail ; 
Saints shall enjoy their full desires, 
Their God, their SaviQur^ and their AIL 



SG5; 306 FORTITUDE. 

305 C. M. Harnsojh 

Fortitude^ Jer. i. 8. 
"HY should the dread of sinful man 
Insnare aod vex my soul ? 
0^ for that fortitude which can 
JMy ev'ry fear controul. 

2 m 

Shall I offend a holy God, .iPi 

And sacrifice my ! eace, 
To shun a mortal's threatening rodj 

A friend or two to please ? 

3 

I must obey the God I love, * 

Tho' all the world contemn : 
One smile from him, I prize above 

The richest earthl}^ gem. 

4 

Hark ! O my soul — methinks I hear 
Jehovah's awful voice ; — 
Fear not, thou worm, for 1 am near, 
I well approve thy choice* 
5 

While mortal men revile and frown, 

FU smile upon thy soul ; 
And thou shalt tread the tempter dowp^ 

While I his raae controul.'^ 
6 

Lord, I resign me to thy will, 

Thy w^isdorn I adore ! 
I yield to thee — thy word fulfd. 

And let me doubt no more. 

306 8. 8. 6. Harnmomf. 

Fulness of Christ, John i. l6. CoL i. 
jN Christ alone all fulness dwells ; 
. h'e a rich plenitude reveals 
To ail his chosen seed ; 



GETHSEMANE. 



Whatever be his people's wants, 
From his rich fulness still he grants 
As their immortal heacU 
2 

In all their troubles and distress^ 
He will bestow abundant grace, 

And help them on their way ; 
IIc'll never let his people go, 
Nor shall they sink in endless woe ; 

His love knows no decay. 

3 

[ Ye timid souls, renounce yourselves, 
Nor lonoer live on Christ by halves ; 

Live wholly on the Lamb : 
Behold yourselves in him complete, 

ith him in heav'n you soon shall meet^ 

To glory in his name.] 

307 7s. Hart. 

Gethsemane, Matt. xxvi. SG — 42* 
ANY woes had Christ endur'd, 
Many sore temptations met, 
Patient, and to pains iuur'd^ 
But the sorest trial yet 
Was to be sustained in thee, 
Gloomy, sad Gethsemane, 

o 

Game at length the dreadful nighty 
Yen^^'ance vvith its iron rod 
Stood, and with collected mioht 
]]rais\l the harmless Lamb of God: 
See, my soul, tlie Saviour see 
Grov'iing in Gethsemane. 

3 

There my God bore all my cuilt; 
This thro' grace can be belit vM ; 
But the torments which he felt. 




308 



C^ETHSEMANE, 



Are too vast to be conceived ; 
None can penetrate thro' thee^ 
Doleful, dark Gethsemane. 

4 

All my sins against my God ; 
All my sins against his laws 5 
All my sins against his blood 5 
All my sins against his cause j 
Sins as boundless as the sea 5 
Hide me, O Gethsemane. 

5 

Here's my claim, and here alone; 
ZNone a Saviour more can need ; 
Deeds of righteousness Fve none 5 
^ot a work that I can plead ; 
IS ot a glimpse of hope for me, 
Only in Gethsemane. 

6 

[Father, Son, and Holy Ghost, 
One almighty God of love 
Prais'dby all the heav'nly host, 
In thy shining courts above : 
We poor sinners, Gracious Three, 
Bless thee for Gethsemane.] 

308 L. M. Steele. 

A glimpse of Jesus, precious, 
ESUS, what shall I do to shew, 
How much 1 love thy charming nam^ ? 
Let my whole heart with rapture glow. 
Thy boufedfes goodness to proclaim ! 

* 2 
Lord, if a distant glihipse of thee, 
Can give such sweet, such vast delight j 
y/hat must the joy, the triumph be, 
Tq dwell for ever in thy sight ! 



GOD INVISIBLE. $09,31Q 



309 C. Westlake's Sel 

A Glimpse of Jesus, precious* 

IORD i let me see thy blissful face^ 
While sojourning below; 
'Tis from thyself my joys arise, 
And all my comforts flow. 

2 

A glimpse — a single glimpse of thee. 

Would more delight my soul 
Than this vain worlds with all its joys, 

Could I possess the whole. 

310 C. M. Griffin'^ s Set. 

ILaiter-day Glory ^ Isaiah ii. 2, 4, 2C^* 

REJOICE, ye nations of the world. 
And hail the happy day, 
When Satan's kingdom^ downward hurlM, 
Shall perish with dismay. 

2 

Rejoice, ye heathens ; (wood and stone 
Shall form your gods no more 5) 

Jehovah, ye shall trust alone. 
And him alone adore. 

3 

Christians rejoice ; — each party name. 

Each different sect shall cease ; 
Your error, grief, and wrath, and shamey 

Shall yield to truth and peace. 

4 

Ye gons of peace, the triumph share ; 

Trumpets no more shall sound ; 
The murd'rous sword, the bloody speaiy 

Shall cultivate the ground. 

5 

Bright o'er the mountains, may w^e see 
This blessed morning ray 5 



311,512 ' GOSPEL. 



And glorious may its splendour be 
E'en to the perfect day ! 

Sli C. id. Erskine. 

God Invisible, 1 Tim. vi. 15. iC 

THE great invisible unknown, 
Who fills th' eternal throne ; 
Is king of kings, and lord of lords, 
Jehovah, God alone. 

2 

'Tis far beyond blind mortal eyes 

To see li:? br^^-ht abode : 
]S;or can Ci'c. r- .i ..iind3 ere glance 
A thought kalf way to God. 

3 

Infinite leagues beyond the sky, 

Th' eternal reigns alone : 
Where human minds nor hnite \vings, 

Can mount the topless throne. 

4 

Let ev'ry nation, tribe, and tongue^ 

His matchless pow'r proclaim ; 
And heav'n, and earth, rocks, hills, and seas, 

Repeat their loud. Amen. 



GOSPEL 

— — — «sa» ^ ^ssEs— — - 

312 L. M. Voice, 

Go. preach my GorpeJ, Mark xvi. 15. 
^' d^^ O,'^ saltb tlie voice of heav hily love, 
\3~ My Gospel preach to evhy km J 5 
^* f^o ! I am \vhh yon to the end : 
Observe, and fullow my command,'^ 
9 

With ioy the firsi disciples heard. 
And preach- d th^:^ heart- revivi})g ne^vs. 



eosPEU 



313 



As they from him receivM in charge, 
First to the unbelieving Jews : 
3 

Then to the gentiles, far and near^ 
Publish'd salvation in his name ; 
And the glad tidings of his grace. 
To tiiis distinguished country came. 

4 

* Here may the gospel still remain, 
Till time itself and nature die : — 
And ev'ry tribe of Adam's race 
To the Redeemer's standard fly !^ 

313 L. M. Cole. 

Beginning at Jerusalem, Luke xxiv. 47. 

PROCLAIM my gospel/' saith the Lord) 
" Ye preachers of my sacred word ; 
Let ev'ry nation hear the theme, 
*^ Beginning at Jerusalem. 

2 

Goj let the chief of sinners know, 
That I have blessings to bestow \ 
^' Proclaim salvation in my name, 
Beginning at Jerusalem. 

3 

Where I was treated with disdain, 
Where T was crucify'd and slain ; 
There shall my gespel gain esteem, 
Beginning at Jerusalem. 

4 

]\ly pard'ning love proclaim abroad, 
" And shew the virtue of my blood; 
^* Till time shall end, proclaim my grace, 

To ev'ry land in ev'ry place. 

5 

In yonder world, behold tlie train, 
Of sinners sav'd from endless pain ; 



814,315 GOSPEL. 



" Ascribing glory to the Lamb, 
Within the new Jerusalem.'' 

314 L. M. Anojh 

Gospel^ a joyful sound, Psalm, Ixxxix. 15. 
I OMEj dearest Lord, who reigns above, 
And draw me with the cords of love ! 
And while the gosj3el does abound, 
^' O may I know the joyful sound 
2 

Sweet are the tidings, free the grace, 
It brings to our apostate race ; 
It spreads a heav'nly light around, 
O may I know the joyful sound 
3 

The gospel bids the sin-sick soul 
Look up to Jesus and be whole ; 
In him are peace and pardon found, 
O may I know the joyful sound 
4 

It stems the tide of swelling grief, 
Affords the needy sure relief ; 
Releases those by satan bound, 
^* O may t know the joyful sound !''' 

313 L. M. Peacock. 

Gospel Harvest, John iv. 35. 
O, clad in nature's bright array, 
The fields a beauteous scene display : 
See how the golden ears of corn. 
Wide- waving, all the hills adorn. 

2 

See earth with God's rich goodness crown'd, 
A joyful plenty smiles around 5 
But now to our admiring eyes, 
Behold ! superior prospects riset 



GOSPEL. 



3iG 



3 

[Rich harvests, where salvation grows^ 
Their fair celestial fruits disclose 5 
A paradise on earth is seen. 
How pleasing, how divine the scene.} 
4 

See sinners hastening to embrace 
The tidings of forgiving grace ; 
Redeem'd from hell, with price divine., 
In faith and holiness they shine. 

5 

All crown'd with immortality, 
These fruits of righteousness shall be ; 
Then they that reap and they that sow 
Shall everlasting triumphs know. 

6 

Together, shall their songs arise^ 
In the fair fields of paradise ; 
And shouts of triumph, and of jo}^, 
Their blest eternity employ, 

316 (1st Ft.) L. M. Needhain. 

Thy Kingdom come, Matt, vi. ] 0. 
rXJTAST thou not said, almighty God, 
L -tJL The humble heart is thine abode ? 
Erect thy kingdom. Lord, within, 
And let thy grace subdue our sin.] 
2 

To distant lands thy gospel send. 
And thus thy empire wide extend : 
To Gentile, Turk, ard stubborn Jew, 
Great King of grace, salvation shew. 

3 

Where'er thy light and sun arise, ^' 
Thy name, O God, immortalize ! 
May nations yet unborn, confess 
'I hy wisdom, pow'r, and righleoiisncss. 



no 



GOSPEL. 



316 (Second Part.) C. M. 

Life and Immortality brought to lights 

SATAN, the Prince of darkness reigns 
O'er all the human race. 
Till Christ the glorious victory gains, 
By his all-conq'ring gTace. 

2 

behold he comes on wings of love, 

To conquer death and hell ; 
Desrending from his courts above, 

With mortal nien to dwell, 
3 

His life was pure without a flaw, 

His death a sacrifice ; 
He gives due honour to the law, 

And as a victim dies. 

4 

From curse and law he set us free, 
For in that dreadful night, 
When hanging on the fatal tree, 
He bore their awful weight. 

5 

He breaks the hated chains of siji,^ 

And for its guilt atones \ 
Gives hfe and liberty divine, 

By his expiring groans. m 
6 i 
[He conquer'd with his dying breathy 

And triumphed when he fell ; 
Opened the iron gates of death, 

And vanquish'd sin and hell, 
7 

]Now life and immortality 

Shed forth their gladsom^e rays j 

We bind the gospel to our hearts, 
With grateful songs of praise. ] 



GOSPEL.— GRACE. 3 ir,S 1 3 



317 8, 7. Ray^'S Col 

Gospel Trumpet^ Psalm Ixxxix. 15. 

HARK, hark ! the gospel trumpet sounds^ 
Thro' the wide earth the echo bounds, 
Pardon and peace by Jesu's blood 5 
Sinners are reconcii'd to God, 
And brought into the heav'nly road 
By grace divine. 

2 

Come, sinneris, hear the joyful news>, 
Nor longer dare tire grace refuse \ 
Mercy and justice here combine, 
Goodness and truth harmonious join^ 
While boundless love in ev'ry line, 
Invites you near* 

3 

Ye saints in glory, strike the lyre^ 
Ye mortals, catch the sacred fire ; 
Let both the Saviour's love proclaim. 
And spread abroad his matchless fame^ 
For ever worthy is the Lamb, 
Of endless praise. 



GRACE. 
318 L. M. R— — . 

iBy Gi^ace ye are savedy Eph. ii. 5. 

SELF-RIGHTEOUS souls on works rely^ 
And boast their moral dignity ; — 
But if I lisp a song of praise, 
Grace is the note my soul shall raisQ. 

2 

'Twas grace, that quicken'd me when dead. 
And grace, my soui to Jesus led ; 
Grace brings me pardon for my sin, 
'^Tis grace subdues my lusts withia^ 



319 



GRACE. 



3 

^Tis grace, that sweetens ev'ry cross, 
'Tis grace, supports in evVy loss ; 
In Jesu's grace, my soul is strong, 
Grace, is my hope, and Christ my song* 
4 

'Tis grace defends when dangers near, 
By grace alone I persevere ; 
'Tis grace constrains my soul to lov^, 
Free grace is all they sing above. 

5 

[Thus 'tis alone of grace I boast, 
And 'tis in grace alone I trust ; 
For all that's past, grace is my theme, 
For what's to come, 'tis still the same.] 
6 

Thro' endless years, of grace I'll sing, 
Adore and bless my heav'nly king^ 
I'll cast my crown before his throne. 
And shout free grace to him alone. 

319 L. M. W . 

My Grace is sufficient for tliee^ 2 Cor. xii. 9* 

€1 OME all ye chosen saints of God, 
y Whose souls are wash'd in Jesu's blood , 
Hear what he says, his word is true, 
" My grace sufficient is for you.'^ 
2 

I am your sure Almighty friend, 
Who loving, loves you to the end ^ 
I will be near you, and will shew, 
<• My grace sufficient is for you. 

3 

I kjiow how num'rous are your foes, 
^* I know the ways which they oppose i 
^* I know their cunning malice too. 

My grace sufficient is for you. 




GRACE. 



320 



4 

*^ Tho* Satan strives your souls t'ensnare, 
" You're stiil the objects of my care ; 

You're near my heart, I'll bring you thro'^ 

My grace sufficient is for you. 

5 

Do you want proof of this my love ? 
Calv'ry survey ; — -then heav'n above ; 
See, how the ransom 'd millions bow ! 
jMv PTace sufficient is for vou. 

I'll guide 3^ou safely in the way. 

Thro' life's dark night, to heav'n's bright day y 

\nd there vvdth v>^onder you shall vieWj 

-^^y grace sufficient was for youP 

320 C. M. Hmkins. 

Grace inexhaustible^ Luke xv. 31. 

JEIiOVAR'S grace, how full, how free 3 
His language how divine ! 
'' My :Son, thou ever art with me, 
" And all I have is thine. 

2 

My saints shall each a portion share, 

That's worthy of a God ; 
They are my chief, my constant care. 

The purchase of my blood. 

3 

" Both grace and glory I will give, 
And nothing good deny ; 
Vv'ith me my saints shall ever live, 
" And reign with me on high. 

4 

And if ten thousand more I call, 

T' enjoy this happiness ; 
I have enough for each, for all, 
Nor shall you have the less.- ' 



5 

Then dearest Lord, make millions Gom^^ 
And feast on pard'ning grace ; 

Bring prodigals, bring exiles home, 
And we will shout thy praise.] 

331 S, M. Doddridge^ 

Grace J Eph. ii. 5. 
Rx\CE ! ^tis a charming sound ! 
\jr Harmonious to the ear ! 
Heav 'n with the echo shall resoun^j 
And all the earth shall hear. 

2 

'Grace first contrived the way 

To save rebellious man ; 
And all the steps that grate display 

Which drew the wondrous plan. 

3 

Grace first inscribed my name. 

In God's eternal book : 
^Twas grace that gave me to the Laml\, 

Who all my sorrows took. 

4 

Grace led my roving feet 

To tread the heav'nly road : 
And new supplies each hour I liieet^ 

While pressing on to God. 

5 

[Grace taught my soul to pray, 
And made my eyes overflow : 

^Twas grace which kept me to this day^ 
And will not let me go.l 

Grace all the work shall crown, 

Thro' everlasting days ; 
It lays in heav'n the topmost stone^ 

And well deserves the praise. 



0RACE. 322, 325 



8.7. Wingrove. 

Miracles of Grace ^ Luke xix. 10. 

HAIL ! my ever-biessed Jesus, 
Only thee, I wish to sing ; 
To my soul, thy name is precious, 
Thou my prophet, priest, and king ; 

O ! what mercy flows from lieaven, 
O ! what joy and happiness ! 
Love I much ? I've muck forgiven, 
I'm a miracle of grace, 

3 

Once with Adam's race in ruin, 
Unconcerned in sin I lay ; 
Swift destruction still pursuing, 
Till my Saviour passed by : 
4 

Witness, all ye host of heaven, 
My Redeemer's tenderness ; 
Love I much ? — I've much forgiven, 
I'm a miracle of grace. 

5 

Shout, ye bright angelic choir, 
i^raise the Lamb, enthroned above ; 
Whilst astonish'd, I admire, 
God's free grace and boundless love : 
6 

That blest moment I receiv'd him, 
Fill'd my soul with joy and peace : 
Love I much ? — I've much forgiven, 
I'm a miracle of grace. 

3^3 11. 8. Reece/'S SeL 

Distinguishing Grace, Jer. xxxi. 3. 
TN songs of sublime adoration and praise, 
A Ye pilgrims ! for Sion who press. 
Break forth, and extol the great Ancient of davi, 
xiis rich and distinguishing grace. P ^ 



324 



GRACE. 



2 

His lovejfrom eternity fix'd upon you, 
Broke forth and discoverM its flames 
When each with the cords of his kindness he 
drew. 

And brought you to love his great name. 

3 

O had he not pitied the state you v/ere in, 
Your bosoms his love had ne^er felt ; 
You ail would have liv'd, would have dy'd too iilt 
sin, 

And sunk with the load of your guilt. 

4 

What was there in you that could merit esteem^ 
Or give the Creator delight ? 
^Twas even so, Father ! ' you ever must sing. 
Because it seemM good in thy sight.'' 

5 

'T was all of thy grace we were brought to obey ! 
While others were suffered to go ; 
The road (which by nature we chose as our way) 
That leads to the regions of woe. 

6 

Then give all the glory to his holy name, 
To him all the glory belongs ; 
Be your's the high joy still to sound forth his fame* 
And crown him in each of your songs. 

324 ISs. Tliur^by altered. 

Free Grace^ Zech. iv. 7« 

THE voice of free grace cries escape to the 
mountain ; 

For all that believe, Christ hath open'd a foun- 
tain, 

For sif! and uncleanness, and ev'ry transgression, 
tiis blood flows so freely in streams of salvation^ 



GRACE. 324 
Chorus, 

Hallelujah to the Lamb, who has bought us a 
pardon, 

We'll praise hhn again, when we pass over Jor- 
dan. 

2 

Ye souls that are wounded, to the Saviour repair. 
Now he calls you in mercy, and can you forbear ? 
Tho' your sins are increased as high as a moun- 
tain. 

His blood can remove them, it streams from the 
fountain. Hal. &c. 

3 

Now Jesus, our King, reigns triumphantly glo- 
rious. 

O'er sin, death, and hell, he is more than victo» 
rious ; 

With shouting proclaim it — O trust in his pas- 
sion, 

He saves us most freely 5 — O glorious salvation. 

Hal. &c. 

4 

[Our Jesus proclaims his name all victorious, 
He reigns over all 5 — and his kingdom is glori- 
ous ; 

To Jesus we'll join, with the great congregation, 
And triumph \ — ascribing to him our salvation.] 

Hal. &c. 

5 

With joy shall we stand, when escap'd to the 
shore, 

With harps in our hands, w^e'U praise him the 
ffiore ; 

I We'll range the sweet plains on the banks of the 
river, 

And sing of salvation for ever and ever ! 

Hal. &;e. 

[See also Hymn C34.J 




S25; 3^5 HAPPINESS IN GOD. 

S25 L. M. 

Grave and Heaven, Job iii. 17- 

SAINTS in their graves lie down in peace, 
No more by sin or hell opprest ; 
The wicked there from troubling cease, 
And there the weary are at rest. 

2 

Thrice happy souls, who're gone before 
To that inheritance divine ! 
They labour, sorrow, sigh no more, 
JBut bright in endless glory shine. 

3 

There shall we join the blissful throng, 
And meet our dearest friends again ; 
And all eternity, — our song 
To Jesus raise, and with him reign. 

3^6 (Fif'sl Part.) L. M. Grfgg. 

Jesus, a Guest, Rev. iii. 20. 

BEHOLD tl!e Saviour at thy door. 
He gently knocks, has knocked before | 
Has waited long, is waiting still, 
You treat no other friend so ilL 
2 

[O lovely attitude ! — ^he stands 

With melting heai't. and out-stretch'd hands ! 

matchless kindness ! and he shews 
This matchless kindness to his foes.] 

3 

Admit him ; — for the human breast, 
Ne'er entertained so kind a guest ; 
Admit him ; — or the hour's at hand, 
When at his door deny'd you'll stands 
4 

* Open my heart, Lord, enter in, 
Slay ev'ry foe, and conquer sin : 

1 now to thee my all resign. 

My body, soul, shall all be thine.^ 



HARDNESS OF HEART. 326, 327 



I 



336 (3d. Part.) C. M. 

Happiness found only in God, 
r'^TAlN are the pleasures earth caiaboast^ 
L ▼ Uncertain as the wind \ 
Swift as a bird, they wing away, 
IN or leave a track behind. 

2 

Now, with a sanguine hope we make^ 

Some tender friend our trust 5 
Anon they die, and all our joys 

Lie buried in the dust.] 
3 

Thrice happy man whose heart is stay'd 

On the eternal God ; 
On him, who formM the earth, and spread 

The spacious skies abroad, 
4 

Beneath his mighty guardian wings, 

He finds a safe retreat ; 
W hile boundless love, and truth conspire^ 

To make his bliss complete. 

5 

Storms of adversity, in vain 
Assail his steady mind ; 
Unruffled, and serene, his soul 5 — * 
On Jesu's breast reclin'd. 

6 

Bereft of all that's dear below, 

He to his God may rise ; 
And on his friendship rest secure, 

His hope's beyond the skies. 

3^J7 L. Vi. Steele. 

Inconstant Heart lamented. 

AH ! wu'etched, vile, ungrateful heart, 
That can from Jesus thus depart j 
Tims fond of trities vainly rove, 
Forgetiul of St Saviour's lovs, 



S2S HARDNESS OF HEART. 



2 

In vain I charge my thoughts to stay. 
And chide each vanity away ; 
In vain, alas ! resolve to bind 
This rebel heart, this wandering mind. 

3 

Thro' ail resolves, how soon it flies, 
And mocks the weak, the slender ties ; 
There's nought beneath a pow'r divine, 
That can this roving heart confine. 

4 

Jesus, to thee I would return, 
And at thy feet repenting mourn ; 
There let me view thy pard'ning love, 
And never from thy sight remove. 

5 

O let thy love, with sweet controul, 
Bind all the passions of my soul ^ 
Bid ev'ry vanity depart. 
And dwell for ever in my heart. 

328 L. M. Hart. 

Hardness of Heart lamented^ Ezek. xi 

OF or a glance of heavenly day, 
To melt this stubborn stone away 
And thaw, with beams of love divine. 
This heart ; — this frozen heart of mine. 
2 

The rocks can rend, the earth can quake 
The seas can roar, the mountains shake ; 
Of feelings, all things shew some sign, 
But this unfeeling heart of mine. 

3 

To hear the sorrows thou hast felt. 
What but an adamant would melt ? 
But I can read each moving hne, 
Aud nothing moves this heart of mine. 



HxiRDNESS OF HEART. S2f 



4 

Eternal Spirit^ mighty God, 
Apply within the Saviour's blood ; 
'Tis his rich blood, and his alone, 
Can move and melt this heart of stone. 

329 L. Medley. 

Stony Heart lamented, Ezek. xxxvi. 26, 2T* 

LORD, hear a burdened shiner rnourn, 
Who ghidiy would to thee return 5 
Thy tender mercies, O impart. 
And take away this stony heart. 

2 

['Tis this hard heart which sinks me down^ 
Nor asks thy smile, nor fears thy frown ^ 
This causes all my woe and smart, 
^' Lord, take away this stony heart.''] ^ 
3 

^Tis this hard heart, my gracious Lord, 
Which scorns thy love, and slights ihy word 5 
Which tempts me from thee to depart, 
Lord, take away this stony heart/^ 
4 

['Tis this hard heart, which day by day. 
Would shut my mouth, nor let me pray ^ 
Yea, would from ev'ry duty start, 
" Lord, take away this stony heart."] 
5 

Sure, the blest day will shortly come, 
When this hard heart shall know its doom j 
When I no more shall sin retain, 
Nor of a stony heart complain. 

6 

[Yes, friendly death, with vvxlcome stroke, 
Will loose the chain, will break the yoke f 
And when arriv'd on Canaan's shore^ 
A stony hearty be fglt uq ingrcj 



330 HEART GIVEN TO GO^. 



330 C. M. Kexvton. 

The Heart taken^ Luke xi„ 21, 22^* 

THE castle of the human heart, 
StroDg in its native sin, 
Is guarded well in evTj part. 
By him, who dwells within. 

2 

for Satan there in arms resides, 

And cails the place his own ; 
With care against assaults provides, 

And rules as on a throne. 

3 

[Each treacherous thought on him as ehiefj: 

In blind obedience waits ; 
And pride, self-will, and unjbeiief, 

Are posted at the gates. 

4 

Thus Satan for a season reigns. 
And keeps his broods in peace ; 

The soul is pleasM to wear his chaiu^^^ 
IS or Wishes a release.] 

But Jesus, stronger far than he, 

In his appointed hour ; 
Appears to set his people free, 

From the uj>urper's pow'r. 

6 

This heart, I bought with blord,'' he Cries^> 
" And now it shall be mine 
His voice the strong-man arm'd dismays; 
He knows he must resign. 

r 

In spite of unbelief and pride, 

And self, and Satan's art, 
The gates of brass fly open wide^^ 

And Jesus wins the heart, 



HEART GIVEN TO GOD, dU 



[The rebel-soul, that once withstood^ 

The Saviour's kindest call ; 
Rejoices now, by grace subdu'd. 

To serve hiai with her all.] 

331. (First Pt) CM. Hoskins, 

My Son, give me thine Heart, Prov. xxiii 26, 

WHAT language now salutes the ear ? 
It is our Father's voice ! 
Let all the world attentive heai\ 
And ev'ry soul rejoice. 

^> 

Sinner, he kindly speaks to theej 
However vile thou art ; 
Here's grace and pardon, rich and free^ 
My son, give nie thy heart, 
S 

p' For thee, a traitor Jesus bled, 
" And suffered dreiKlful smart ; 
For thee the Lord was crucify'd, 
My son, give me thy heart.] 
4 

Tho' thou hast long my grace withstood^ 
, And said to me depart ; 
l "*^ I claim the purcliase of my bloody 
I " My son, give me tbv heo-rt. 
^ .5 

Fil form thee for myself alone, 

And ev'ry good impart ; 
Fll make my great salvation known. 
My son, cive me thy heart.'' 
6 

Come, Lord, and conquer now my heart, 

Set up in me {by throne ; 
Bid sin and Satan hence depart, 

And claim me as thine own. 

P2 



331,332 CONTRITE HEART. 



331 (2d Part J C M. Cowper, 

Contrite Hearty Isaiah Ivii. 15. 

THE Lord, will happiness divine 
On contrite hearts bestow ; 
Then tell nie, gracious God ! is mine 
A contrite heart or no ? 

2 

I hear, but seem to hear in vain^ 

Insensible as steel ; 
If aught is felt, 'tis only pain 

To find I cannot feel. 

3 

I sometimes think myself inclined 

To love thee, if 1 could ; 
But often feel another mind, 

Averse to all that's good. 

4 

My best desires are faint and few, 

I fain would strive for more ; 
But, when I cry, " My strength renew,^^ 

Seem weaker than before. 

5 

[Thy saints are comforted, I know, 

And love thy house of pray'r 5 
I therefore go where others go, 

Rut find no comfort there.] 
6 

O, make this heart rejoice or ache 5— 

Decide this doubt for me ; 
And, if it be not broken, break 5 

And heal it, if it be. 

332 S. M. Toplady. 

Evil Heart J Jer. xvii. 9. Mark vii. 20. 

ASTONISH 'D and distressed, 
I turn ray eyes within ; 



HEAVEN. 



33B 



My heart with loads of guilt oppress'd, 
The seat of ev'ry sin. 

2 

What crowds of evil thoughts. 
What vile affections there ! 
Distrust, presumption, artful guile^ 
Pride, envy, slavish fear* 
3 

Almighty King of gaints ! 
These tyrant-lusts subdue ; 
Expel the darkness of my mind. 
And all my powers renew* 
4 

This done, my cheerful voice 
Shall loud hosannas raise ; 
My soul shall glow with gratitude. 
My lips proclaim thy praise. 



HEAFEJV. 



333 L. M. Dufican. 

Who are they ? Rev. vii. 13 — 17. 

EXALTED high at God's right-hand, 
Nearer the throne than cherub's stancj, 
With glory crown'd, in white array, 
My wondVing soul says, " who are they 
2 

These are the saints belov'd of God ; 
Wash'd are their robes in Jesu's blood i 
More spotless than the purest white, 
They shine in uncreated light. 

3 

Brighter than angels, lo ! they shine \ 

Their glories great, and all divine ; 

T'ell me their origiii, and say 

Their order whatj-^-and whence came thoy ? 



034 HEAVEN. 

4 ^IP 

Thro' tribulation great, they came ; 

They bore the cross^ and scorii'd the shaiiie 

Within the hving temple blest, 

In God they dwell, and on him rest. 

5 

f And does the cross thue: prove their gaiii ? 
And shall they thus for ever reign ? 
Seated on sapphire thrones, to praise 
The wonders of redeeming grace.] 
6 

Hunger they ne'er shall feel again, 
IN or burning thirst shall they sustain j 
To wells of living water led ! 
Bv God the Lamb, for ever fed ! 

■ \ 7 
[Unknown to mortal ears, they sing 
The sacred glories of their King 5 — 
Tell me the subject of their lays, 
And whence their loud exalted praise ?] 
8 

Jesus, the Saviour, is their theme ; 
They sing the wonders of his name 5 
To him ascribing pow'r and grace, 
Dominion and eternal praise. 

9 

Amen, they cry, to him alone, 
Who dares to fill his Father's throne ^ 
They give him glory, and again 
Repeat his praise, and say, Amen. - 

334 L. M. Ke?if. 

Employ of Heaven^ R'ev. xiv. 1 — 3. 

ON Sion's glorious summit stood 
A numerous host, redeeni'd by blood y 
They hymn'd their King in strains divine, 
1 heard the song, and strove to join. 



HEAVEN. 



2 

Here all who sufferM sword or flame 
For truthj or Jesu's lovel}^ name, 
Shout victory now, and hail the Lambj 
And bow before the great I AM ! 

3 

While everlastmg ages roll. 
Eternal love shall feast their soul ; 
And scenes of bliss for ever new, 
Rise in succession to their view. 

. 4 

[Here Mary and Manasseh view. 
The dying Thief, and Abrah'm too ; 
With equal love their spirits flame, 
The same their joy, their song the same.] 
5 

O sweet employ to sing and trace 
Th' amazing heights and depths of grace ^ 
And spend, from sin and sorrow free^ 
A blissful, vast eternity. 

6 

O what a sweet exalted song, 
When ev'ry tribe, and ev'ry tongue, 
Redeemed by blood, with Christ appear, 
And join in one full chorus there. 

7 

My soul anticipates the day, 
V^ould stretch her wings and soar away, 
To aid the song, a palm to bear. 
And bow the chief of sinners there.] 

335 (1st Pt.) L. M. Watts. 

. Longing for Heaven, 

] 'M bound for new Jerusalem, 
- Thither my best beloved's gone ; 
The righteous Branch of Jesse's stem^ 
'Tis he I've fix'd my heart upon. 



HEAVEN, 



2 

[Fain would 1 climb above the skies, 
To see ihe beauties of his face ; 
- My faith would into vision rise. 

And hope would cease in his embrace.} 
3 

I languish with extreme desire, 
The object of my love to see ; 

I let me in love's flames expire^ 
That I may with my Jesus be. 

4 

This life's a pilgrimage of care ; 
When will the happy season come. 
That I shall breathe celestial air, 
And settle in my native home ? 

5 

1 long to reach the shore of bliss, 
And see the new Jerusalem ; 
Where my beloved Jesus is, 
And spend eternity with him. 

335 (2nd. Pt ) G. M. Eckington 
Col 

Longing for Heaven, Rev. xxi. 10 — 21. 
r TERUSALEM ! my happy home, 
1^ t>r When shall 1 come to thee ? 
When shall my labours have an end ? 
Thy joys when shall I see ? 

2 

Thy gates are richly set with pearls, 

Most precious to behold ; 
Thy walls are built with precious stones^ 

Thy streets are pav'd with gold.] 

3 

O when, thou City of my God, 

Shall 1 thy courts ascend, 
Where congregations ne'er break up^ 

And sabbaths have no end? 



HEAVEN, 



336 C. M. 

Longing for Heaven. Phil. i. 23. 

WHY longed Paul to be dissolved, 
And enter into rest ? 
The question here he hath resolv'd^ 
To be with Christ is best." 

2 

And I like Paul, desire to die^ 

I long- for deeith's arrest ; 
If any ask the reason why, — 

" To be with Christ is best." 

3 

My unbelief, that bosom foe, 
Which lurks within my breast ; 

So often seeks my overthrow, — 
" To be with Christ is beit." 

4 

Should friends and kindred on me frown. 

And leave my soul opprest ; 
Should evils crush my comforts down, 

" To be with Christ is best." 

5 

[Had I a voice so loud and strong^ 

To sound from east to west ; 
I'd tell the honour-seeking throng^ 

" To be with Christ is best."] 
6 

come, sweet Jesus, quickly come^ 
And cheer my fainting breast ; 

1 long to reach my heav'nly home> 

To be with Christ is best." 

7 

"Pinion *d whh love, Fd take the wing, 

And fiy to thee, my rest : 
There with the church triumphant singj 

To be with Christ is best." 



33r 



HEAVEN. 



337 C M. Steele. 

The promised Land, Isaiah xxxiii. 

FAR from these narrow scenes of night 
Unbounded glories rise ; 
And realms of infinite delight; 
Unknown to mortal eves. 

2 

O could we with our mortal eyes 

But half its joys explore ; — 
How would our spirits long to rise 

And dwell on earth no more ! 

3 

[There pain and sickness never come. 

And grief no more complains ! 
Health triumphs in immortal blocm^ 

And endless pleasure reigns. 

4 

There rich varieties of joy 

Continual feast the mind ; 
Pleasures which fillj but never cloy. 

Immortal and refin'd. 

5 

No factious strife, no envy therej 

The sons of peace molest ; 
But harmony and love sincere, 

Fill ev'ry happy breast.] 
6 

No cloud those blissful regions know. 

For ever bright and fair ! 
For sin^ the source of mortal woe^ 

Can never enter there. 

7 

There no alternate night is known^ 

Nor sun's faint sickly ray ; 
But glory, from the sacred thronew 

Spreads everlasting day. 



HEAVEN. 338 



f^The glorious monarch there displays 

His beams of wondrous grace ; 
His happy subjects sing his praise;^ 

And bow before his face. 

9 

O may we rise, by grace divine. 
To those bright courts on high ; 

Then shall our happy spirits join 
The chorus of the sky. 

(338 1st Pt) C. M. Stennett, 

The pro7iiised Land, Deut. xxxii. 49. 50^ 
N Jordan's storrny banks I stand, 
And cast a wishful eye 
To Canaan's fair and happy land, 
Where my possessions lie. 

2 

O the transporting, rapt'rous scene^. 

That rises to my sight ! 
Sweet fields, arrayM in living green^ 

And rivers of delight ! 

3 

^There gen'rous fruits, that never fall, 

On trees immortal grow ; 
There rocks, and hills, and brooks and vales^ 
With milk and honey flow* 
4 

All o'er those wide-extended plains 

Sliines one eternal day 5 
There God the Son for ever reigns, 

And scatters night away. 

5 

No chilling winds, nor pois'nous breathy 

Can reach that healthful shore : 
JSickness and sorrow, pain and death^ 

ArQ kit atij fear^l ng more,. 



S38,S39 HEAVEN. 

6 

f When shall I reach that happy place, 

And be for ever blest ? 
When shall I see my Father's face. 

And in his bosom rest ? 

., , r 

Fiird with delight, ni}^ raptur'd soul 

Would here no longer stay ; 
Tho' Jordan's waves should round me rbll. 

Fearless Vd launch away.] 

SS8 (Second Fart) C ^f. 

A view of Canaauy Num. xiii. 27. Deut. xxxiv. 1. 

ri 1 Pisgah's top, by faith I fly, 
A And there delighted stand, 
To view beneath a shining sky, 
The spacious promised land. 

2 

The Lord of all the vast domain 

Has promised it to me ; 
The length, and breadth, of all the plain^ 

As far as faith can see. 

3 

Rivers of milk, and honey there, 

In rich abundance flow ; 
A land of corn, and wine, and oil, 

And fruits immortal grow. 

4 

There dwells the Lord, our righteousness. 

Who cancel'd all my sin ^ 
There Joshua keeps the land in peace. 

And brings his chosen in. 

339 SOtli. Straphan. 

Vieiv of Heaven, Rev. xxii. 1 — 5. 
^ N wings of faith, mount up, my soul, and 
rise ; 

View thine inheritance bevond the skies t 



HELL, 



S40 



Nor heart can think, nor mortal tongue can 
tell, 

What endless pleasures in those mansions 
dwell : 

Here my Redeemer lives, all bright and glorious, 
O'er sin, and death, and hell, he reigns victorious. 
2 

No gnawing grief, no sad heart-rending paiii, 
In that blest country can admission gain ; 
No sorrow there, no soul-tormenting fear, 
For God's own hand shall wipe the falling tear. 
Here my Redeemer lives, &c. 

3 

No rising sun his needless beams displays, 
No sickly moon emits her feeble rays ; 
The Godhead here celestial glory sheds, 
Th' exalted Lamb eternal radiance spreads : 
Here my Redeemer lives, &c. 

4 

One distant glimpse my eager passion fires ! 

Jesus ! to thee, my longing soul aspires ! 

When shall T at my heav'nly home arrive — 

When leave this earth, and when begin to live ? 
Tor here my Saviour is all bright and glorious, 
O'er sin, and death, and hell, he reigns victorious, 

[See also Hymns 249. 635. 650.] 



HELL. 
310 L. M. Doddridge. 

Rich Man and Lazarus, Luke xvi. 25. 

IN what confusion earth appears — 
God's dearest children bath'd in tears : 
While they, who heav'n itself deride. 
Riot in luxury and pride. 



341 



HELL. 



2 

But patient let my soul attend, 
Atid, ere I censure, view the end ; 
That end, how different ! who can tell 
The wide extremes of heav'n and hell ? 
3 

See, the red flames around him twine, 
Who did in gold and purple shine ; 
Nor can his tongue one drop obtain j 
T' allay the scorching of his pain. 

4 

While round the saint, so poor below^ 
Full rivers of sal^^ation flow ; 
On Abraham's breast he leans his head^^? 
And banquets on celestial bread. 

5 

Jesus, my Lord, let me appear 
The meanest of thy servants here 5 
So that at length I may but taste 
The blessings of thy marriage-feast^ 

341 L. M. Brown, 

Hell^ Mark ix. 48. 

HELL ! 'tis a word of dreadful sound : 
It chills the heart, and shocks the ear } 
It spreads a sickly damp around. 
And makes the guilty quake with fear. 

2 

Far from the utmost verge of day, 
Its frightful, gloomy region lies ; 
Fierce flames amidst the darkness play^ 
And thick sulphureous vapours rise. 

3 

[The breath of God, his angry breath, 
$till fans and still supplies the fire ; 
Here, — sinners taste the second deatb^ 
Longing to die, but can't expire. 



HOPE. 



S42 



4 

At utmost distance from the place, 
Thro' all the gloom, they heav'n espy ; 
But can't the gulph betwixt them pass, 
Nor change abode, nor climb the sky.] 
5 

Conscience, the never-dying worm, 
With constant torture gnaws the heart ; 
And woe and wrath, in ev'ry form, 
Inflame the wounds, increase the smart. 
6 

[The wretches rave, overwhelmed with woe^ 
And bite their everlasting chains ; 
But with their rage, their torments grow, 
, Resentment bat augments their pains.j 

Sad world indeed ! what he^rt can bear, 
Hopf less in all these pains to lie ; 
RackM with vexation — grief — despair — 
And ever dying, — never die ! 

I ^ 

1 Lord, save a guilty soul from hell, 
Who seeks thy pard'ning, cleansing blood ; 
O let me in thy kingdom dwell. 
To praise my Saviour, and my God.^] 



HOPE. 



343 L. M. Steele. 

Hope in Darkness ^ Job xxx. 28. 

OGOD, my sun, thy blissful rays 
Can warm^ and cheer, and guide my hearty 
^ow dark, how mournful are my days, 
tf thy enlivening beams depart ! 



343, 344 HOPE. 

2 

Scarce thro' the shades a glimpse of day 
Appears to these desirhig eyes ; 
But shall my drooping spirit say, 
The cheerful morn will never rise ?— * 

3 

O, let me not despai 'ing mournj 
Tho' gloomy darkness spreads the sky J 
M}^ glorious sun will yet return, 
And night with ail its horrors fly. 

4 

for the bright, the joj^ful day, 
When hope shall in fruition die ! 
So tapers lose their feeble ra}^. 
Beneath the sun's refulgent eye. 

343 M. Coomhes. 

Fh/ing to Christy wider Trouble^ Heb. ii. 18. 

IN ev ry trouble, sharp and strong, 
iMy soul to Jesus flies ; 
My anchor-hold is firm in him, 
When sweUing billows rise. 

2 

His comforts bear my spirits up, 

I trust a faithful God : 
The sure foundation of my hope 

Is in a Saviour's blood. 

3 

Loud hallelujahs sing, my soul. 

To thy Redeemer's name ; 
In joy, in sorrow, life and death, 

His love is still the same. 

344 i\ ivi. Green. 

Hope encouraged, 1 Sam. xxx. 6, 
"¥^7~H V slioiild my soul indulge complaint^ 

V V Aiui yield to dark despair ? 
The meanest of my Father's saints. 
Are safe beneath his care. 




HOPE. 



345 



2 

Why should I thus desponding bow, 

Or why with anguish bleed ? — 
Tho' darkness veils my passage now-,j 

Yet glory shall succeed. 

3 

A thousand promises are wrote 

In characters of blood ; 
Ai^d those emphatic lines denote 

The ever-faithful God. 

4 

Thro' these sweet promises I range, 

And J (blessed be his nahie !) 
Tho' Ij a fickle mortal, change, 

His love is still the same. 

5 

Grace, like a fountain, ever flows, 

Blest succours to renew : 
The Lord, my ants and weakness know^^ 

My sins and sorrows too. 

6 

*Tis he directs my doubtful ways, 

VV hen dangers line the road ^ 
Here 1 my Ebenezer raise, 

And trust a gracious God. 

345 C, M. Hegbihnthom. 

Good Hope through Grace^ or^ God our Father > 
OME humble souls, ye mourners come, 
J And wipe away your tears : 
Adieu to all your sad complaints. 
Your sorrows, and your fears. 

2 

^'ome, shout aloud the Father's grace, 
And siisg the Saviour's love : 
oon shall you join the glorious theme, 
In loftier strains, above. 



343, 344 HOPE. 



2 

Scarce thro' the shades a glimpse of day- 
Appears to these desiring eyes ; 
But shall my drooping spirit say. 
The cheerful morn will never rise ?— * 

3 

O, let me not despairing mourn , 
Tho' gloomy darkness spreads the sky J 
My glorious sun will yet return, 
And night with all its horrors fly. 

4 

for the bright, the joyful day, 
When hope shall in fruition die ! 
So tapers lose their feeble ray, 
Beneath the sun's refulgent eye. 

343 M. Coonihes. 

Flying to Christ, under Trouble^ Heb. ii. 18. 

IN ev ry trouble, sharp and strong, 
My soul to Jesus flics ; 
My anchor-hold is firm in him, 
When swelling billows rise. 

2 

His comforts bear my spirits up, 

I trust a faithful God ; 
The sure foundation of my hope 

Is in a Saviour's blood. 

3 

Loud hallelujahs sing, my soul. 

To thy Redeemer's name ; 
In joy, in sorrow, life and death, 

His love is still the same. 

344 i\ Green. 

Hope encouraged, 1 Sam. xxx. 6« 
"^^7^H Y should my soul indulge complaints?^ 

¥ V And yield to dark despair ? 
The meanest of my Father's saints, 
Are safe beneath his care. 



HOPE. 



345 



2 

Why should I thus desponding bow, 

Or wh}' with anguish bleed ? — 
Tho' darkness veils my passage now,^ 

Yet glory shall succeed. 

3 

A thousand promises are wrote 

In characters of blood ; 
And those emphatic lines denote 

The ever-faithful God. 

4 

Thro' these sweet promises I range, 

And J (blessed be his nahie !) 
Tho' Ij a fickle mortal, change, 

His love is still the same. 

5 

Grace, like a fountain, ever flows. 

Blest succours to renew : 
The Lord, my v^ ants and weakness know^^ 

My sins and sorrows too. 

6 

'Tis he directs my doubtful ways, 

VV hen dangers line the road 5 
Here I my Ebenezer raise, 

And trust a gracious God. 

345 C. M. Heginhnthom. 

Good Hope through Grace ^ or^ God our Father, 
OME humble souls, ye mourners come, 
y And wipe away your tears : 
Adieu to all your sad complaints. 
Your sorrows, and your fears. 

2 

Come, shout aloud the Father's grace, 

And sii!g the Saviour's love: 
8oon shrill you join the glorious theme, 

In loftier strains, above. 



545 



HOPE. 



i 



3 

God, th' eternal mighty God, 

To dearer names descends ; 
Calls you his treasure and hiB joy, 

His children and his friends.— 

4 

M} Father God l^and may these lips 

Pronounce a name so dear ? 
Not thus could heav'n's sweet harmony 

Delight my list'ning ear. 

5 

[Thanks to my God for ev'ry gift 

His bount'ous hands bestow ; ^ 

And thanks eternal for that love ^ 
Whence all those comforts flow. 

For ever let my grateful heart 

His bounteous grace adore ; 
Which gives ten thousand blessings nowj 

And bids me hope for more. 

7 

Transporting hope ! — still on my soul 

May his sweet glories shine, 
^Till all my pow'rs are lost in joys 

Immortal, and divine. 

346 S. M. Toplady. 

Weak Believers encouraged^ Psalm xxvii 

YOUR harps, ye trembling saints, 
Down from the willows take ; 
Loud to the praise of love divine, 
Bid ev'ry string awake. 

2 

Tho' in a foreign land. 
We are not far from home ; 
And nearer to our house above 
We ev'ry moment come. 



HOPE. 



S.47 



His grace v/ill to the end, 
Stronger and brighter shine ; 
Nor present things, nor things to come, 
Shall quench the love divine. 

4 

[Fastened within the veil, 
- Hope be oar anchor strong ; 
His loving Spirit the sweet gale, 

That wafts you smooth along. 

5 

The people of his choice, 
He will not cast away ; 
Yet do not alwciys here expect, 
On Tabor's mount to stay.] 
6 

When we in darkness walk, 

Nor feel the heav'nly flame ; 
. Then is the time to trust our God-j 
I And rest upon his name. 

I; 7 

Wait till the shadows flee ; 
, ^ Wait thy appointed hour ; 
j Wait till the bridegroom of thy soul^ 

Reveals his love with pow'r. 

8 

The time of love will come^ 
Then we shall clearly see 
Not only that he shed his blood. 
Out each shall say, " FOR MF/^ 

347 8s. Ihpfadtf. 

Hope in Despair^ Psalm Ixxvii, ' — 19. 

1^ NCOMPASS'D with clouds of a.suess., 
A Just ready all hope to resign ; 
I pant for the light of thy face, 
' And fear it will never be mine : 



348 



HOPE. 



Dishearten 'd with waiting S9 long, 
I sink at thy feet with my load ; 
All plaintive I pour out my song. 
And stretch forth my hands unto God. 

2 

Shine, Lord ! and my terror shall ceasej 
The blood of atonement apply ; 
And lead me to Jesus for peace — 
The rock that is higher than I : 
Speakj Saviour ! for sweet is thy voice : 
Tny presence is fair to behold ; 
Attend to my sorrows and cries — 
?uy groanings that cannot be told. 

n 
O 

If sometimes 1 strive, as I mourn^ 
IMy hold of thy promise to keep, ^ 
The billov/s more fiercely return, 
And plunge me again in^the deep : 
While harrassM and cast from thy sight. 
The tempter suggests with a roar — 

The Lord hath forsaken thee quite. 
Thy God will be gracious no more.'^ 
4 

Yet, Lord, if thy love hath designed 

No covenant blessing for me, 

Ah ! tell me, how is it I find 

Some sweetness in waiting for thee ? — 

Almighty to rescue thou art ; 

Thy grace is my shield and my towT ; 

Come, succour and gladden my heart — 

Let this be the day of thy pow'r. 

348 148th. Be Courcy^s 

Hopey—JFho can teU? Jonah iii.^ 

GREAT God! to thee I make 
My wants and sorrows known 
And with an humble hope. 
Approach thine awful throne 5 



HYPOCRITE. 



Tho' by my sins deserving hell, 
Fil not despair, — " for who can teli 

2. 

To thee, who by a word 
My drooping soul canst cheer. 
And by thy Spirit, form 
Thy glorious image there ! — 
My foes subdue, my fears dispel- — 
I'll daily seek,- — " for who can tell 
3 

^ In danger or distress, 
I' To thee alone i fly ; 
1^ Implore thy powerful help, 
I And at thy footstool lie : 
*My case bemoan, my wants reveal, 
And patient wait, — for who can tell 
4 

My heart misgives me oft, 
And conscience storms within 5 
One gracious look from thee, 
Will make it all serene : 
Satan suggests that I shall dwell 
In endless flames : — but who can tell 
5 

i| Curst unbelief, begone, 

t Ye doubts, fly swift away : 

p God hath an ear to hear, 

r While Vve an heart to pray : 
If he be mine, all will be well. 
For ever so, — and who can tell ? 

349 a M. Hoskins. 

The Hypocrite^ Job xxvii. 8. 

LET hypocrites attend. 
And view their awful state 5 
Consider well their latter end; 
Before it be too late. 



350 IMPATIEiNCE SINFUL. 



2 

Religion's form is vaiiij 
A¥hile we deny its pow'r ! 
What will the hypocrite obtain, 
In death's tremendous hour ?--^ 
3 

[Now he may credit gain, 
And in his affluence roll ; 
But all his profit will be pain, 
When God shall take his souL 
4 

Then, O what dread surprise^ 
W hat horror and dismay ; 
When death shall open wide his eyes^ 
And tear his mask away !] 
5 

Lord, search, and know my hearty 
And make my soul sincere, 
And bid hypocrisy depart, 
And keep my consience clear. 

350 C. Criidefh 

Impatience for Death sinful, Jonah iv. 8 

H Y thus impatient to be gone ? 
? ? Such wishes breathe no more j 
Let him, who lockM thy spirit in, 
When meet, unbolt the door. 

2 

Why wouldst thou snatch the victor's palmj 

Before the conquest's w^on ? 
Or wish to seize th' immortal prize^ 

Ere yet the race is run. 

3 

inglorious wish, to haste away 
And leave thy w^ork undone !— 

To serve thy Lord, will please no less^ 
Than praising round the throne. 




INCONSTANCY LAMENTED. 351; S^^ 



4 

While thou art standing: in the field, 

For bliss thou'lt riper grow ; — 
Then wait t'le Lord's appointed timCj 

Till he shall bid thee go. 

[8ee also Elymn 466.] 

351 L. M. Dorringtnn. 

Inconstancy lamented. 
^ EAR Jesusj when, when shall it be 
That I no more shall break with thee J 
W hen will this war of passion cease. 
And I enjoy a lasting peace } 
2 

Here I repent and sin a^rain, 
Sometiiiies revive, sometimes am slain 5 
Slain with the same unhappy dart, 
Which, Oj too often wounds my heart, 
3 

When, jjracious Lord, when shall it be 
That 1 shall find my all in thee ? 
The fulness of thy promise prove, 
And feast on tl ine eternal love. 

333 S M. Nf^wfort. 

Inconstancy lamented^ Rom. vii. 1^'. 
K T WOULD, but cannot sing, 
W'" Jl- I would, but cannot pra}^ 5 
For satan meets me when I try^ 
And frights my soul away. 

2 

I would, but can't repent, 
Tlio' I endeavour oft ; 
This stony heart can ne'er relent, 
'^I'iil Jesus make it suft. 

3 

I would, but cannot iove, 
Tlio^ vvuo'd iove divine j 



S5S INFANT ASPIRATIONS. 



No arguments have pow'r to move^ 
A soul so base as mine. 

4 

I would, but cannot rest, 
In God's most holy will ; 
I know what he appoints is best^ 
Yet murmur at it still. 

5 

O could I but believe ! 
Then all would easy be ; 
I would, but cannot, — (Lord relieve^) 
My help must come from thee ! 

6 

[But if indeed I would, 
Tho' I can nothing do ; 
Yet the desire is something good, 
For which my praise is due.] 
7 

"By nature prone to ill, 
Till thine appointed hour 
I was as destitute of will, 
As now I am of pow'r. 

8 

Wilt thou not crown at length, 
The work thou hast begun ? 
And with a will afford me strength, 
In all thy ways to run ? 

353 C. M. LjfndaUls 

Infant Aspirations, 
A LMIGHTY God, while earth and 
J_ Jl I'hy pow'r and skill proclaim j 
Wilt thou permit a child to sing 
The honours of thy name ? 
. " 2 
Shall mortals aim at themes so great, 
Or raise their notes so high ^ 



INVITATION. 



S54 



When seraphs low beneath thy feet, 
In self-abasement lie ? 

3 

Tho' Gabriel tunes immortal lyresj 

To sweet seraphic lays ; 
Th' eternal hears when infant tongues 

Attempt to lisp his praise. 

4 

[I yield my powers to this employ^ 

(O may they never rove ! ) 
Where can I find sublimer joy 

Or better fix mv love. 

5 

Great God, thou art my hope and strength. 

To thee my spirit flies ; 
While the first tributes of my voice^, 

In grateful accents rise.] 
6 

The early dawn of op'ning life, 
Has provM thy guardian care ; 

Nor shall I rest thro' future years j 
Thy grace and goodness share, 
.7 

Behold I give myself to thee. 

And in thy name confide ; 
Most gracious God, O deign to be 

My father, friend, and guide. 

ixvimrioN. 



354 L. M. /?- 



Come and see, John i. 46. 

JF.SUS, dear name, how sweet it sounds ! 
Replete with balm for all my wounds, 
His word declares his grace is free, 
Come, needy sinner, come and see. - 



'553 INVITATION. 

2 

He left the shining courts on high, 
Came to our world to bleed and die : 
Jesus, the God hung on a tree. 
Come, thoughtless sinner, come and see>^^ 
3 

Your sins did pierce his bleeding heart, 
Till death had done its dreadful part : 
\ et his dear love still burns to thee ; 
" Come, trembhng sinner, come and seeP 

4 

His blood will cleanse the foulest stain^ 
And make the filthy lej)er clean ; 
His fountain open stands for thee ; 
Come, guihj sinner, come and see.^ 

5- 

The garments of his shining grace^ 
Hi> glorious robe of righteousness; 
In this array thou bright slialt be, 
Com.e, naked sinner, come and see.^ 
6 

Ko tongue can tell what glories shine 
Jn our Immanuel, all divine 5 
O t|iat in sweetest melody, 
,Each heart may sing, he dyM for me/' 

353 ({St. Part.) L. M. SmfFh 

Mini that cometJi — I will in no ivise cast out^ 
John vi. SJ, 
"ARK ! 'tis the Saviour's voice I hear, 
Come, trembling soul, dispel thy fear ; 
He saith, and wlio his word can doiibt^ 
He will in no wise ca^t you out l^^ 
9 

[Doth satan fill you with dismay, 

And tell you Christ will cast away ?— 

It is a triith, why should you doubt? I^k' 

" He Will in no wise cast you out !J ^Hff j 



INVITATION. 

3 

Doth sin rippear before your view, 
Of scarlet, or of crimson hue ? 
If black as hell, why should you doubt ? 
He will in no w ise cast you out 

4 

The publican, and dying thief, 
Apply'd to Clirist, and found relief ^ 
Nor need you entertain a doubt ; 
^- He will in no wise cast you out 
5 ^ 

Approach your God, make no delaj',. 
He waits to welcome you to-day ; 
His mercy try, nor longer doubt, 
" He will in no wise cast you out !*' 
6 

[• Lord, at thy call, behold I come, 
A guilty soul, lost and undone ; 
On thy rich blood I now rely, 
O pass my vile transgressions by.'] 

355 (2nd. Part.) L. M. Gibbons. 

Apphjing to Christy Rev. iii. 17? 18. 
"jT^ OME, sinners, wretched, blind, and poor, 

\y Come drav/ from my unbounded store 
Jesus, and are thy blessings free ? 
Tiiea may I humbly come to thee ! 

2 

T come for grace, that gold refin'd^ 

T' enrich and beautify the mind ; 

Grace, that will trials well endure, # 

And in the furnace shine more pure. 

3 

Naked, I come, for that bright dresSj^ 
Thy perfect, spotless righteousness ; 
Tiiat glorious robe, so richly dy'd, 
In thine own blood; my shame to hide. 
Q 2 



# 



'^Like Bartimeus, Lord, to tliee 
1 come, — O give the blind to see ; — 
E'en clay is ej^e-salve in thine hand, 

^If thou the blessing but command, 
5 

Poor, naked, blind, I hither came^ 
O let me not depart the same ; 
i^et me return, all-gracious Lord ! 
Enrich'd, adornVl^ to sight restored !j 

356 C. M Hiimphrijs^ 

Now is the Accepted Time. 

COME, guilty souls, and liee away^ 
Like doves to J esu's vv ounds : 
This is the welcome gospel-day, 
\\ herein free grace abounds. 

2 

God lov'd the church, and gave his Sojt 

To drink the cup of wrath ; 
And Jesus says he'll cast cut none, 

Who come to him by taltli. 

357 C. M, Medley. 

Jfliosoever wilij let Jmii cc7}:e^ Rev. xxii. 
WHAT amazing words of grace 
Are in the gospel found 1 
Suited to ev'ry sinner's cose 
Who knows the jojiul sound. 

2 

fi^oY, sinful, thirst}^, fainting souls, 

Are n^ely weicouie here ; 
Salvation, like a river, rolls, 

A.iiuidant, free and clear. 

3 

Come t'leri, with all your wants and wounds 
"iour evVy burden brings 




INVITATION. S58 

Here love, unchanging love, abounds, 
A deep celestial spring ! 

4 

Whoever vv'ill, (O gracious word !) 

Shall of this stream partake ; 
Come, thirsty souls, and bless the Lord, 

And drink for Jesu's sake ! 

5 

Millions of sinners, vile as you, 

Have here found life and peace ; 
Come then, and prove its virtues toOj. 

And drink, adore, and bless. 

358 CM. Doddrulge. 

Pioom at the Gospel Feasty Luke xiv. 22? 
HE King of Heav'n liis table spreads^- 
Jl_ And dainties crown the board | 
Not paradise^ with all its joys. 
Could such delight aflbrdo 
2 

Pardon and peace to dying mcn^ 

And endless life are giv'n ; 
Thro' the rich blood that Jesus shed^ 

To raise the soul to heav'n. 

3 

[Ye hungry poor, that long have straj^'d 

In sin's dark mazes, come ; 
Come, from your most obsciu'e retreats^ 

And grace shall find you room.] ' 
4 

jMillions of souls, in ^\oy\ now, 

Were fed and ieasled here 5 
And millions more still on the waj^, 

Around the board appear. 

5 

Yet is his house and heart so large^ 
That uiilliun;5 luore may come j 



559 



INVITATION. 




Nor could the whole assembled world^ 
O'er-fill the spacious room. 

6 

All things are ready, come away, , 

Nor weak excuses frame ^ 
Crowd to your places at the feast 

And bless the Founder's name. 

859 (First Pt.) C. M. Steele. 

Room at the Gospel Feast, Luke xiv. 22. 

YE wretched, hungry, starving poor, 
Behold a royal feast ! 
IV here mercy spreads her bounteous store^ 
For ev'ry humble guest. 

2 

iSee Jesus stands with open arms. 

He calls, he bids you come ; ^^^^^ 
CJiiilt holds you back, and fear alarms 5 S 

But see, there yet is room. — 

3 

iloom in the Saviour's bleeding heart : 

There love and pity meet ; 
Nor will he bid the soul depart, 

That trembles at his feet. 

4 

[In him the Father reconciPd, 

Invites 3^our souls to come ; 
The rebel shall be calrd a child, 

And kindly welcomed home.] 
5 

O come, and with his children, taste 

The blessings of his love ; 
While hope attends the sweet repast 

Of nobler joys above. 

There, with united heart and voice^ 
Before th' eternal throne. 




INVITATION. 



Ten thousand thousand souls rejoice, 
In extacies unknown. 

7 

And yet ten thousand thousand more^ 

Are welcome still to come ; 
Ye longing souls, the grace adore, 

Approach, there yet is room ! 

359 (3d Part J 148tb. B 

Room at the Gospel Feast, Luke xiv. 

YE dying sons of men, 
Immerg'd in sin and woe, 
The gospePs voice attend, 
While Jesus sends to you : 
Ye perisliing and guilty, come 
In Jesu- s arms, there yet is room ! 

2 

No longer now delay, 

Nor vain excuses frame ; 

He bids you come to-day, 

Tho' poor, and blind, and lame ; 
All things are ready, sinner, come— 
For such as you, there yet is room ! 

3 

Believe the heav'nly word. 

His messengers proclaim 5 

He is a gracious Lord, 

And faithful is his name : 
Backsliding souls, return and come, 
Cast oft' despair, there yet is room. 

4 

Compelled by bleeding love. 
Ye wand'ring sheep draw near 5 
Christ calls you from above. 
His charming accents hear ! 
Let whosoever will, now come. 
In mercy's breast there still is room. 



S60,36l INVITATION. 

360 S. M. 

JBehoIdf noio is the Accepted Time^ 2 Cor. vi. 
0\Y is th' accepted time — 
Now is the day of grace : — 
Now, sinners, come without delay 
And seek the Saviour's face, 
2 

Now is th' accepted time, 
The Saviour calls to-day ; — 
Pardon and peace he freely gives ^ 
Then wiiy should you delay ? 

S 

Now is th' accepted time, 
The gospel bids you come ; 
And ev'ry promise in his word, 
Declares there, '•' yet is room/^ 
4 

[Lord, draw reluctant souls. 
And feast them with ihy luve : — 
Then will the angels clap their \^ings 
And bear the news above. 

5 

AssembPd round his throne, 
Tliey sh dl his face behold : 
An^ sing of all his dyina* pains, 
Whose love can ne'er be told.] 

361 7^. Beck's Col. 

Compel them to come in, Luke xiv, 23. 

TORI), how large thy bounties are, 
A Tender, i^Tacious, sinner's friend I 
What a fe-ist dost thou prepare, 
And what invitations send 1 
Nuw fulfill thy jTreat desia'n, 
Who diust fli si the messHup bnng 
Ev ry 1 eart to thee hir:lne : — 
|Sow compel them to come ix\* 






INVITATION. 



2 

Rushing on the downward road^ , 
Sinners no compulsion need ; 
Heaven to forsakej and God ; 
See, they run with rapid speed : 
Draw them back by love divine, 
AVith thy grace their spirits win 5 
Ev'ry heart to thee incUnCj 
Now compel them to come in. 

3 

Thus their willing souls compel, 
Thus their happy minds constrain 
From the ways of death and hell, 
Home to God, and grace again : 
Stretch that conq'ring arm of thine. 
Once stretch'd out to bleed for sin | 
Ev" ry heart to thee incline, 
Now compel them to come in. 

362 7s. l)e Ccdirqfs Cd. 

Weary Souls inmted to Christ, Matt. xi. 2 
OME, ,ye weary souls opprest, 
^ Find in Christ the promis'd rest 5 
On liim all your burdens roll. 
He can wound, and he make whole. 

2 

Ye that dread the wrath of God, 
Come and wash in Jesu's blood 5 
To the Son of David cry, 
In his word he's passing by. 

3 

•Naked, guilty, poor, and bhnd, 
All your want in Jesus find : 
1 his the day of mercy is. 
Now accept the proffer'd bliss, 
4 

[Debtor's, who have nought to pay, 
Come to Jesus, ha^te away 5 



363 INVITATION. 

All your sins on him were laid. 
All yoar debts the Surety paid. 

5 

" It is finished/' lo ! he cries. 
Ere on yonder cross he dies y 
O believe the record true, 
Jesus dy'd for such as you.] 

363 9. 7- Anon. 

Weary Souls invited to CJtrist, Matt. xi. 28. 

ITARK! hark, Vrhat sounds are these so 
Jl pleasing I 
Sinners, wipe the falling tear : 
*Tis love divine, and never-ceasi:ig, 
Flows from Jesus to the ear. 

2 

Come unto me all ye that labour 5 

Sinners, heavy laden come.''' 
None are more v/elcome to the Saviour 
Than the wretched and undone. 

3 

Let not the weight of sin distress you, 
Cease to heave the plaintive sigh 5 
A hearty v^^eicome now awaits you ; 
Come, and you shall never die. 

4 

Come, ye sinners, come and wonder 
How such mercy you withstood ; 
Parch'd with tinrst, and starved whh hunger, 
Satiate your souls with God. 

5 

Howe'er by sin and sore temptation, 
Heavy laden and opprest ; 
Behold the gracious invitation, 
" Come, and I will give you rest.'' 
6 

[No longer let the tempter keep you 
Fast in chains of unbelief: 






INVITATION. S64,46i 



Tho' late in life, the word assures you, 
Christ could save the dying thief. 

7 

Mary INIagdalen too can witness^ 
To the mercy she receiv'd ; 
Then doubt no longer of your fitness^ 
Saulj of sinners, chief belie v'd 
8 

Ho ! all ye sinners, heavy laden, 
11}' to Christ, the Saviour's breast ; 
Receive the pressing invitation, 
^* Come, and I will give you rest."] 

364 1 iat!i. Ranrnwnfh 

God ready to Forgive^ 1 John i. 7. 

I TO ! all ye trembling sinners, hear 
J_ The pard'ning voice of Christ, and livej 
With humble confidence draw near, 
Jesus commands you to believe : 
BelievC; and all your sins are gone, 
Believe, and heavTi is all your own. 

2 

If all the sins that men have done. 

In will, in vrord, in thought, and deed, 

Since worlds were made, or time beguf^J 

ere laid on one poor sinner's head : 
The stream of Jesu's precious blood, 
At once could cleanse the dreadful load. 

305 l4Sth. PhippariL 

God reasoning ivlth Meiij Isaiah i. It. 

YE sin-sick souls draw near. 
And banquet with your King, 
riis royal bounty share. 
And loud hosannas sing : 
Il^re mercy reiims, here peace aho'inds, 
Il(3re's blood to heal your dreadful wounds. 



265 



INVITATION. 



2 

Here's clothing for the poor. 

Here's comfort for the weak ; 

Here's strength for tempted souls. 

And cordials for the sick : 
Here's all a soul can want or need, 
Laid up in Clii'ist the living head. 

3 

But may a soul like mine. 
All stain'd with guilt and blood, 
Approach the throne of grace. 
And converse hold with God ? 
Yes ! Jesus calls : — " come, sinners, come 
" In mercy's arms there yet is room." 

i 

He's on a throne of grace. 

And waits to answer pray'r ; 

What tho' thy sin and guilt 

Like crimson doth appear: 
The blood of Christ divinely flowSj 
A healing balm for all thy woes. 

5 

O wondrous love and grace — 

Did Jesus die for me ? 

Were all my num'rous debts 

Discharged on Calvary ? 
Yes, — Jesus dy'd, — the work is done, 
He did for all thy sins atone. 

6 

On earth. I'll sing his love, 

In heav'n 1 too shall join 

The ransom 'd of the Lord, 

In accents all divine ; 
And see my Saviour (kce to face, 
And ever dwell in his embrace. 



INVITATION. 



366 



366 8. 7. i. Hart. 

Come and welcome to Jesus Christ , Isaiah Iv. 1. 

COME, ye sinners, poor and wretched^ 
Weak and wounded, sick and sore-1 
Jesus ready stands to save you, 
Full of pity, join'd with pow'r : 
He is. able, 

He is willing, doubt no more I 

2 

[Ho ! ye needy, come and welcome^ 
'God's free bounty glorify ; 
True belief, and true repentance, 
Ev'ry grace that brings us nigh 5 — 
Without money, 

<;!ome to Jesus Christ, and buy.] 
3 

Let not conscience make you linger.^ 

Nor of fitness fondly dream 5 

All the fitness he requireth, 

Is to feel your need of him ; 

This he gives you ; 

^Tis the Spirit's rising beam. 

4 

Come, ye weary, heavy laden, 
Bruis'd and mangled by the fall -5 
If you tarry till you're better, 
You will never come at all : 
Not the righteous, — 
Sinners, JeSus came to call. 

5 

Wew him suff'-ri ng in the garden ; * 
Lo ! 3^our Maker prostrate lies !— 
On the bloody tree behold him 5 
Hear him crv, before he dies, 

It is finish'd 
Sinner, will not this suffice ? 



$67 JABEZ'S PRAYEK. 



6 

liO ! th' incarnate God ascendedj 
Pleads the merit of iiis blood ; 
Venuire on him, venture wholly^ 
Let no other trust intrude 
None but Jesus 
Can do helpless sinners good. 

7 

Saints and angels, joined in concert^ 
Sing the praises of the Lamb ; 
Whde the blissful seats of heaven^ 
Sweetly echo with his name^ 
Halleluiah ! 

Sinners here may sing the same. 

3Q7 S. M. Doddridge. 

Jabez^s Frayer^ 1 Chron. iv. 9> 10b 
r rfl HOU God of Jabez hear, 
L JL While we entreat thy grace|. 
And borrow that expressive pray'r. 
With which he sought thy face. J 
2 

O that the Lord indeed 
Would me his servant bless, 
From ev'ry evil shield my head, 
" And crown my paths with peace I 
3 

^' Be his almighty hand 
My helper and my guide, 
" Till with his saints in Canaan's laad 
" My portion he divide.'' 
4 

[Thus pious Jabez pray'd, 
Wh ]e God inclin'd his ear; 
An i all by whom this suit is raad^!^- 
Shall find the blessino; near* 



JACOB'S PRAYER, 



5 

Ye yonthsj your vows combine, 
With loud united voice ; 
So shall your heads with honour shine^ 
And all your hearts rejoice.] 

368 7s. Kewton. 

Jacob Wrestling loith God^ Gen. xxxii. 

LORD, I cannot let thee go, 
Till a blessing thou bestow 
Do not turn away thy face, 
Mine's an urgent, pressing case. 

2 

Dost thou ask me who I am ! 

Ah ! my Lord, thou know'st my name : 

Yet the question gives a plea 

To support my suit with thee. 

3 

{Thou didst once a wretch behold. 
In rebellion blindly bold, 
Scorn thy grace, thy powV defy ; 
1 hat poor rebel, Lord, was I.j 
4 

Once a sinner near despair 
Sought thy mercy-seat by pray'r j 
Mercy heard, and set him free 5 
Lord, that mercy came to me. 

5 

Many days have pass'd since then^ 
Many changes 1 have seen ; 
Yet have been upheld tiil now ; 
Who could hold me up but thou P 
6 

Thou hast help'd in ev'ry need ; 
This embokU ns me to plead 5 
A Her bO much mercy past. 
Canst thou let me smk at last ? 



369, 370 JESUS. 



7 

No, T must maintain my hold, 
'Tis thy goodness makes me bold ; 
I can no denial take, 
When I plead for Jesu's sake. 

369 C. M. Steele. 

Jesus ^ Phil. ii. 10. 

JESUS ! in thy transporting name, 
What blissful glories rise ! 
Jesus, the angel's sweetest theme j 
The wonder of the skies ! 

2 

Well might the skies with wonder view 

A love so strange as thine ! 
No thought of angels ever knew 

Compassion so divine. 

3 

Jesus, and didst thoii leave the sky 

For miseries and woes ? 
And didst thou bleed, and groan, and 

For vile rebellious foes ? 

4 

[Victorious love ! can language tell 

The wonders of thy pow'r, 
Wiiich conquered all the force of hell^ 

In that tremendous hour ? 

5 

What glad return can I impart 

For favours so divine ? 
O take my heart, — this worthless heart, 

And make it only thine.] 

370 1 1 2tb. Matlock^ s Col. 

Jesus, Phil. ii. 10. 

JESUS, — sweet name, — no name so dear- 
No beauty can with him compare j 



I 

I die*. 



PRAYER FOR THE JEWS. 3 



Chief of ten thousand is my Lord ; — 
Thou art the all-creating Word : 
Thou art alive, — sweet words to tell ; 
Thou hast the keys of death and hell. 

2 

Soon shall I reach my heav'nly home. 
Within the new Jerusalem ; 
And shout free grace with those above, 
And view my Jesus, whom 1 love ; 
There sing, and praise, and with him be, 
To spend a long eternity. 

371 S. M. Bristol Col 

Gentiles 'praying for the Jcivs^ Rom. x. 1 

LORD, send thy servants forth, 
To call the Hebrews home. 
From east and west, from south and northj^ 
Let all the wanderers come. 

2 

Where'er in lands unknown, 
The fugitives remain ; 
Bid ev'ry creature help them on, 
Thy holy mount to gain, 

3 

By preaching of thy word, 
May they be brought to hear 
That the Messiah, Christ, the Lord, 
Did once on earth appear. 

4 

Open their hearts, and bring 
Them humbly for to own 
That he's their Lord, their God, and King; 
The true anointed One. 

5 

With Israel's myriads seal'd, 
Let all the nations meet 5 



$7^, 373 PRAYER FOR THE JEWS. 



And shew the mystery fulfilPd, 
1 he family complete. 

373 1 1 2th, JVesInf. 

(jerdiles praying for the Jews, Rom. 152,2 

ATHER of faithful Abraham, hear 
Jj Our earnest suit for Abraham's seed . 
Justly they claim the softest pray'r 
From us, adopted in their stead, 
Who mercy thro' their fall obtain, 
And Christ by their rejection gain, 
2 

Outcast from thee, and scatter'd wide^ 
Thro' ev'ry nation under heav'n. 
Blaspheming Avhom they crucify 'd^ 
Unsav'd, unpity'd, unforgiv'n ; 
Branded like Cain, they bear their load^ 
Abhorr'd of men, and cursM of God. 

3 

But hast thou finally forsook. 
For ever cast ihy own away ? 
Wilt thou not bid the murderers look 
On him they pierc'd, and weep and pray ? 
Yes, gracious Lord, thy word is past, 
^' All Israel shall be sav'd at last." 

4 

Come, then, thou great Deliverer, come. 
The veil from Jacob's heart remove ; 
Bring all thy ancient people home. 
And, crown them with eternal love 
The world shall ilieir reception view, 
And shout to God the glory due. 

373 C. iVI. Riilaml. 

Journey to Heaven, Gen. xxiv. 56. 

JN my Loi d's ap ointed ways^ 
iMy joumey Fll pursue 5 



m 

ay? 



JOY. 



^« Hinder me 11 ot/^ ye much lovM saints, 
For 1 must go with you. 

2 

Thro' floods and flames, if Jesus lead;, 
I'll follow where he goes 5 
Hinder me not/' shall be my cry, 
Tho' earth and hell oppose. 

3 

Stay," says the world, " and taste awhile 

M}^ ev'ry pleasant sweet 
Hinder me not," my soul replies, 

Because the way is great." 

4 

Stay," satan my old master cries. 

Or force shall thee detain ;" 
Hinder me not, I will be gone, 
" My God has broke thy chain." 

5 

Tliro' duty and thro' trials too, 
I'll go at his command ; 
Hinder me not, for I am bound 
To my Immanuel's land." 

And when my Saviour calls me homCj 
Still this my cry shall be, 
Hinder me not, come welcome death, 
I'll gladly go with thee.'^ 

. 374 L. M. Medley. 

p Joy — He hath done all things loell^ Mark 
vii. 3f, 

NOW, in a song of grateful praise, 
To my dear Lord my voice I'll raise , 
Whh all his saints, I'll join to tell, — 
My Jesus hath done all things well," 
Pv 



ST4 



JOY. 



2 

All worlds his glorious pow'r confess j 
His wisdom all his works express 5 
But O his love, what tongue can tell ? 
My Jesus hath done all things well.*' 

o 
O 

How sovereign, wonderful and frecj 
Has been his love to sinful me \ 
He pluckM me as a brand from hellj~ 
My Je^us hath done all things well."^* 
4 

I spurn'd his' grace, I broke his laws, 
And yet he undertook my cause 5 
To save me tho' 1 did rebel ; 
My Jesus hath done all things well.'' 
5 

And since my soul hath known his love. 
What mercies has he made me prove « 
Mercies which do all praise excel, — 
^' My Jesus hath done ail things well.^' 
6 

[Whene'er my Saviour and nay God 
Has on me laid his chastening rod, 
I know, in all that has befel. 
My Jesus hath done ail things v;elL^' 
7 

Tho' oft a fi'ry, flaming dart. 
The tempter levels at my heart ; 
With this 1 all his rage repel, 
My Jesus hath done all things well.^' 
8 

Sometimes my Lord his face does hide^ 
To make me pray, or kill my pride : 
Yet then, it on my mind does dwell, — 
^' My J.esus hath done all things well.'^ 
9 

Soon shall I pass the vale of death, 
And in his arms shall lose my breath 5 



JUDGMEx\T. 



375 



Yet then my bappy soul shall tell, 
^' My Jesus hath clone all things well.^^] 
10 

And when to that bright world I rise, 
And join the anthems in the skies ; 
Above the rest this note shall swell, 
" My Jesus hath done all things well." 



JUDGMEjYT. 



37^ L. M. Davies. 

Sinners and Saints in the W reck of Nature, 
Isaiah xxiv. 18 — 20. 

HOW great, how terrible that God 
. Who shakes creation with his nod ! 
He frowns, — and earth's foundations shake^j 
And all the wheels of nature break. 

2 

See now, the glorious, dreadful day, 
i That takes th* enormous load away I 

See, ocean, earth, all nature's frame, 
j Sink in one universal flame, 
i 3 
I Where now O where shall sinners seek 

F or shelter in the gen'ral wreck ? 

Shall falling rocks be o'er them thrown ? 

See rocks, like snow, dissolving down ! 

4 

In vain for mercy now they cry ; 
In lakes of liquid fire ihey lie ; 
There on the flaming billows tost, 
For ever — O for ever, lost \ 
5 

But, saints, undaunted, and serene, 
I Your eyes shall view the dreadful scene ; 
Your saviour lives, tho' worlds expire, 
And earth and skies dissolve in Are, 



S76 



JUDGMENT, 



6 

Jesus the helpless sinner's friend, 
To thee my all 1 dare commend ; 
Thou canst preserve my feeble soul, 
When lightnings blaze from pole to pole^ 

376 L. M. J^eednnm. 

Books opened, Rev. xx. 12 — 14* 

ME THINKS the last great day is come^ 
Methinks I hear the trumpet sound, 
That shakes the earth, rends ev'ry tomb; 
And wakes the pris'ners under ground. 

2 

The mighty deep gives up her trust, 
A-w'd by the Judge's high command ; 
Both small and great now quit their dust^ 
And round the dread tribmial stand. 

[In vain the wicked strive to shun ^^^^f 
The Judge's quick and piercing eye ; 

In vain to hills arrd mountains run, . 

And to the rocks for shelter cry.] ^g|||||||| 

Behold the aw^ful books display'd^ 
Big with th' important fates of men ) 
Each word and deed now public made^^ 
Written by heav'n's unerring pen. 

5 

To €V'*ry soul the books assign 
The joyous, or the dread reward ; 
Sinners in vain lament atid pine ; ^^^j^^ 
No pleas the Judge will here regard. fl|^B 

I^ord, when these awful leaves unfold, 
IMay life's fair book my soul approve i 
There may 1 read my name enrolPd^ 
And triumph in redeeming love. 



JUDGMENT. 



. 877 C... Umvin. 

}Vrech of Nature dissolvings 2 Peter ^ iii. II, 12, 
/| E THINKS [ hear th' archangel SQund 
_1_ The solemn trump aloud, 
And call the tribes on earthly ground^ 
To meet their sovereign God. 

' 2 '" 

He comes ! he comes ! — around his throng 

His martyr'd saints appear I 
Ten tliousands his great God-head own. 

And shout it thro' the air. 

3 

I The sun observes his sovereign nod^ 
i And hides his pv'ry ray, 
I While all the stars acknowledge God, 
And give the judgment way. 

4 

The bursting tombs give up their deadj 
Nor keep them longer bound ; 
I While flames of fire around them spread^ 
And thunders shake the ground. 

5 

The different tribes of heav'n and helly. 

And seas and worlds abroad ; 
A number which no tongue can tell,. 

Appear before their God. 

6 

On earth, by various names they went 5 
My soul, what sects they were ?— ^ 

^ut now the sinner and the saint 
Are all the names they bear. 

378 8. 8. 6. ()vri?gfon\s Sd. 

Longing for a place at the rigid Hand of 
Christy 1 Thes. iv. 16. 17^ 
HEN thou, my righteous Judge, shaft 
come 

To l\V:^h th^- ransom'd people homej, 





379 JUDGMENT. 

Shall I among them stand ? 
Shall such a worthless worm as I, 
Who sometimes am afraid to die. 

Be found at thy right hand ? 

2 

I love to meet among them now, 
Before thy gracious feet to bow, 

Tho' vilest of them all ; 
But can I bear the piercing thoHght ? 
What, if my name should be left out^ 

When thou for them shalt call. 

3 

Dear Lord ! — prevent it by thy grace^ 
Be thouj my only hiding-place. 

In this th' accepted day ; 
Thy pard'ning voice, O let rae hear, 
To still my unbelieving fear. 

Nor let me fall, I pray. 

4 

Among thy saints let me be found 
Whene'er th' archangePs trump shall soun4^ 

To see thy smiling face ; 
Tlien loudest of the crowed Fll sing, 
While heav'n's resounding mansions ring 

With shouts of sovereign grace, 

379 HSih. Wesleij. 

Midnight Cri/, Matt. xxv. 6? 

YE virgin souls arise ! 
With ail the dead awake ! 
Unto salvation wise, 
Oil in your vessels take : 
Up.-tarting at the midnight-cry, 
Behold your heavenly bridegroom nigh. 

2 

lie comes, he comes, to call 
The nations to his bar^ 
And take to glory all 



JUDGMENT* 



Who meet for glory are ; 
•jVlake ready for your free reward, 
Go forth with joy to meet your Lord. — ' 
3 

Go, meet him in the sky, 

Your everlasting friend j 

Your h rad to glorify. 

With all his saints, ascend ^ 
Ye pure in heart, obtain the grace^ 
To see, without a veil, his face. 

4 

Ye saints, rejoice in hope 

Of that great day unknown, 

When you shall be cauglit up, 

To stand before his throne ! — 
CalFd to partake the marriage feast, 
And lean on your Immanuel's breast. 

380 8, 7, 4. Strainer. 

Final Sentence of the Righteous, anithe IVick^ 
ed, Matt. xxv. 3 J — ±6. 

LO ! he comes, the king of glory, 
With his chosen tribes to r:^igQ ^ 
Countless hosts of saints and angels , 
Swell the miglity conqu'rors train : 
jNow in triumph, 
Sin and death are captive led. 

2 

See the rocks and mountains rending, 
All the nations fdl'd with dread : 
Hark I the triimp of God proclaiming 
Thro' the mansions of the dead, 

Come to judgment,'' 
Stand before the Son of Man, 
3 

^ Now behold the dead awaking, 
Great and small before him stand^ 
fcgul forggt aiifefsini^j 



JUDGMENT. 



None his orders countermand^: 
All stand waiting 
For their last decisive doom.^ 
4 

Hear the chief among ten thousand; 
Thus address his faithful few : 

Come, ye blessed of my Father, 

Heaven is prepared for you : 
^- 1 was hungry, I was thirsty, I was naked 

And ye ministered to me.'^ 
5 

But, how awful is the sentence, 

Go from me, ye cursed race, 

To that place of endless torment, 

Never more to see my face : 
■^^ 1 w^as hungry, I was thirsty, I was naked,, 

Ye to me no mercy shew'd.'^ 
6 

pJow awake, ye slumb'ring virgins, 
Trim your lamps, the bridegroom's ne 
Let your loins with truth be girded. 
Signs proclaim, he'll soon appear : 
^lark the fig-tree, 
.Budding shews the summer^s nea;;, 
7 

Jesus, save a trembling sinner, 
While thy wrath o'er sinners roU : 
In this general wreck of nature, 
Be the refuge of my soul : 
Jesus save me, Jesus save me, when the light 
nings 

Blaze around from pole to pole/*] 

381 8, 7, 4. Sxvain. 

Christ coming to Judgment^ Jude, Verses 14, 15«, 

LO, he comes, array'd in veng^ancf*, 
Riding down the heav'nly road. • 
.Floods «f fury roll before him, 




JUDGiMENT. 



Who can meet an angry God ? 

Trembling sinners^ 

Who can stand before his rod ? 

2 

Lo, he conies in glory shining, 
Saints arise and meet your King ! 
Glorious captain of salvation, 
Welcome, welcome, hear them sing ! 
Shouts of triumph 

Make the heavens with echoes ring ! 

3 

Now despisers, look and wonder ! 
Hear the dreadful sound, depart ! 
Rattling like a peal of thunder, 
Thro' each guilty rebers heart ! 
Lost for ever, 

Hope, and sinners, here must part ! 

4 

[Still they hear the awful sentence 

Hell resounds the dreadful roar ; 

While their heart-strings twine with angahli> 

Trembling on the burning shore ! 

Justice seals it, — 

Down they sink to rise no more ! 

f> 

How they shrink, with horror viewing 
Hell's deep caverns op'ning wide ! — 
Guilty thoughts, like ghosts pursuhig, 
Plunge them down the roiling tide ! 
\ow consider. 

Ye who scorn the Lamb that dvM 11 
6 

Hark ! ten thousand harps resounding ! 
Form'd in bright and grand array : 
See the glorious armies rising. 
While their Captain leads the way ! 
Heav'n before them 

Opens an eternal day. B 2 



JUDGMENT. 



3SS 8.7*4. Xexvion, 

Day of Judgment, 

DAY of judgment, — day of wonders 
Hark !— the trumpet's awful soun 
Louder than a thousand thunders, 
Shakes the vast creation round ! 
How the summons 
Will the sinner's heart confound ! 

• 2 

'^See the Judge, our nature wearing, 

^Jloth'd in majesty divine ! 

You, who long for his appearing, 

Then shall say, " This God is mine !'-' 

"Gracious Saviour, 

Own me in that day for thine ! 

3 

At his call the dead awaken. 
Rise to life, from earth and sea ! 
All the pow'rs of nature shaken 
Ey his looks, prepare to flee : 
^Jareless sinner ! 
What will then become of thee ? 

4 

Slorrors past imagination 
'^ill surprise your trembling heait, 
When you hear your comlemnation^ 
^' Hence, accursed wretch, depart I 
^* Thou with Satan 
And his angels have thy part 
5 

But to those who have confessed, 
Lov'd, and serv'd the Lord below ; 
He will say, " Come near, ye blessed ! 

See the kingdom 1 bestow ! 

You, for ever, 
^ Shall my love and glory know i^' 



judg:^,ient. 



383 



6 

[Under sorrows and reproaches, 
Ivlay tliis thought our courage raise : 
S\vi:t;y God's great day approaches, 
Si rh- shall then be changM to praise; ! 
We shedl triumph 
When the world is in a blaze !] 

383 lOs, >S^- • 

Happy inecting^ of Bochj and Soul, Kev. x. 5,6, 

S\VIFT fi om the Iieav^nsa mighty angel flies 
And bears his dread commission from thQ 
sides. 

His sacred orders sound from shore to shore^ 
Jehovah swears that time sliall be no more ! 

2 

The solemn trumpet wakes the countless dead, 
And tremblino; mortals leave their clay-cold bed^ 
Lo ! from before the dazzling throne of God, 
Celestial forms come down tlr ethereal road ; 

3 

Each radiant tbrm, assumes its native mate, 
Aiid looks and vronders at its glorious state ^ 

Is this the feeble frame I left behind ? 

So beauteous now — exclaims the raptured 
mind : 4 
•^^ Before, opprcst with sickness and with pain 5 
^' Now life immortal runs in ev'ryvvein : 
^' Are these the feet, which often tir'd and slow, 
" Crept trembling on to join the church below ? 
5 

Are these the hands, I us'd to spread abroad, 
^ In humble acts of pray'r, and prriiseto God ? 
What briny drops once trickled down this fac<?^ 
Which heav'nlv smiles adorn, and evTy grace I 
6 

Eternal scenes pour on my ravish'd sight, ^ 
^' iNovv so mucii strcngthen'dfor tlw? vast nelislit ! 



384 JUSTIFICATION. 

No more disease shall dart with fatal aim, 
His deadly venom thro' my sickly frame : 
7 

No more this bod}' shall distress my soul, 
*• Impede her tlight, her noblest pow'rs controul^ 
The dark mysterious path that once I trodj 
NoW; — now I see, it was the way to God ! 
8 

Join, all y-e heavenly hosts, your anthems raise, 
Nor let one tongue be mute from songs of 
praise v\ 

Instant the tuneful choir, in sounding strains, 
Pour their melodious notes o'er all the plains, 

38-t L. M. Swain. 

Justification^ Gal. ii. 1 6. 

SINNERS, away from Sinai fly ; 
To CalvVy's bloody scene repair ; 
Behold the King of glory die, 
And read your peace and pardon there ! 

Search into ev'ry open wound, ^HHRI 
Trace the sharp scourge, the nail, the sp6ar;-^ 
And full salvation will be found. 
In jrolden letters, written there. 

3 

No works of man to raise the sum, 
Or pay the ransom, must be brought ; 
Helpless and poor to Jesus come, 
'Kor strive to bring a perfect thought. 

4 

Your faith, your hope, and righteousness^ 
Are treasured up in hiin alone ;' 
Your rich supplies of grace and peace 
Spring from the v/orks your Lord has done. 
5 

Hell opens her ten thousand graves, 
To swallow those that die in sin | 



pHllNGDOM OF CHRIST. 385,386 



i 



But all the great Immanuel saves^ 
Heav'n s open gates shall welcome in. 

6 

There shall the blood-bought armies go^ 
That trust the great Redeemer here ; 
The plant that buds with grace below. 
Shall ripen into glory there ! 

383 L. M. Hill. 

Kingdo?n of Christy Psalm xlv. 3—5. 

WHEN Jesus first, at Heaven's command^ 
Descended from his azure throne j— 
Attending angels joined his praise. 
Who claimed his kingdom for his own. 

Chorus, 

Hail, Immanuel ! Immanuel we'll adore. 
And sound his fame from shore to shore ! 
2 

Girt with Omnipotence and grace, 
The pow'rs of darkness trembling stood^ 
To hear the dire decree, and feel 
The veng'ance of the mighty God. 

3 

Not with the sw'ord that warriors wear. 
But with a sceptre dipt in blood : 
He bends the nations to obey, 
And rules them by the love of God. 

4 

Ride on, and prosper, King of kings. 
Till all the pow'rs of hell resign 
Their dreadful trophies at thy feet ; — ' 
And endless glory shall be thine. 

386 1481h. Scott. 

Kingdom of Christy Psalm ex. 
LL hail, incarnate God ! 
The wondrous things foretold 
Of thee, in sacred writ, 
\V idi Joy our eyes behold ; 



SSr KINGDOM OF CHRI-T, 

St^U dres thine arm new trophies w€iu\, 
AlcI monuments of y^ory rear. 

2 

To thee the hoary head 

Its silver honours pays ; 

To thee the blooming youth 

Devotes his brightest days : 
And ev'^y age their tribute bring, 
And bow to thee, all-conqu'ring King, 
3 ^ 

O haste, victorious Prince, 

That glorious happy day, 

When souls, like drops of dew, 

Shall own thy gentle sway : 
O may it bless our longing eyes. 
And bear our shouts beyond the skies I 
4 

All hail, triumphant Lord; 

Eternal be thy reign : 

Behold the nations sue 

To vrear thy gentle chain : 
When earth auti time are known no more, 
Thy throne sliall stand for ever sure. 

^ * Composed on seeing an aged saint 
youth taken into church communion togei 

387 148th. nrisfol 

Kiiigd(j4n of Christy Psalm xciii 

REJOICE, the Saviour reigns, 
Amoiig the sons of men ; 
He breaks the pris'ner's chains, 
And makes them free again : 
Let hell oppose God's only Son, 
In spite of foes, his cause goes on.; 

2 

The cause of righteousness, 
And truth, and holy peace, 
Design''d our world to bless, 
Shall spread and never cea§e § 




JACOB'S LADDER. 



Gentile and Jew, their souls shall bow j 
Allegiance due, with rapture vow. 

3 

The baffled prince of hell 
In vain new projects tries, 
The gospel to repel. 
By cruelty and lies : 
Th' infernal gates shall rage in vain* 
' Conquest awaits the Lamb once slain.* 
4 

[He dy'd, but soon arose 

Triumphant o'er the grave : 

And now himself he shows 

Omnipotent to save : 
Let rebels kiss the victor's feet 
Eternal bliss his subjects meet.] 
5 

All powT is in his hand) 

11 is people to defend ; 

To his most high command 

Shall millions more attend : 
Ail heav'n with smiles approves h:s cauSt' 
And distant isles receive his laws, ^ 
6 

This little seed from heav'a 

Shall soon become a tree ; 

This ever blessed leav'n 

DiffusM abroad must be : 
"Till God the Son shall come apfam, 
it must go on. Amen ! Amen ! 

389 L. M. NenJe altered. 

Jacobus Ladder, Gen. xxviii. 12, 13* 

WHEN Jacoi) from his brother fied^ 
As he reposM his weary head^ 
He saw in vision, with surprise, 
A ladder reaching to the skies. 



390 



LAMB OF GOD. 



2 

Ascending and descending, here 
The angels of the Lord appear ; 
And from the top Jehovah spoke, 
And thus in sweetest accents broke ; — 
3 

" I am thy God, and thee I'll bless, 
And keep thee safe in ev'ry place j 
By night and day [ will defend, 

^' And be to thee a constant friend.** 
4 

We in this m^'stic ladder trace, 
A view of Jesus, and his grace ; 
in him all blessings are bestow M, 
In him we find access to God. 

5 

p By faith we see the angel band 
Descend and rise at God's command ; 
To bless the children of his grace, 
Inev'ry age, in ev*rv place. 

6 

In ev'ry strait, his eyes are there, 
To see the grief that makes the tear ; 
He-li crush his foes beneath his lect, 
And raise his saints to bliss complete.'] 

390 10s. ^Shirley. 

Praise to tlie LiCunh^ Rev. v. 12. 

FROM heavli the loud, th' angellicsong 
gan, 

It shook the skies, and reach'd astonish' 
By man re-echo'd, it shall mount again 
Whilst fragrant odours fill the blissful pi 
2 

L. M. 

Worthy the Lamb of boundless sway, 
In earth or heav"n the Lord of all \ 



LAMB OF GOD. 



Ye princes, rulers, powVs, obey, 
And low before his footstool lall, 
3 

The deed was done ; — The Lamb was slain ^ 
The groaning earth the burden bore : 
He rose, he lives, he lives to reign, 
jNor time shall shake his endless pow'r ! 
4 

I Wisdom and strength are his alone, 

He rais'd the top-stone, shouting " Grace !^ 

I Honour has built his lofty throne, 
And glory shines upon his face. 

5 

From heaven, from eartli, loud bursts of prais^ 
The mighty blessings shall proclaim 5 
Blessings tiiat earth to glory raise ; 
The purchase of the wounded Lamb« 
6 

Higher, still higher, swell the strain | 

Creation's voice, the note prolong; 

The Lamb shall ever, ever reign 

Let hallelujahs crown the song. Hal, 

391 L. M. Fawcett. 

hrael lamenting after the Lord, 1 Sam. vii. 2\ 

10 OK IVom on high, great God, and see 
-J Thy saints lamenting after thee : 
I The tokens of thy presence give, 
And now thy gracious work revive. 

2 

I [llow did thy ancient people mourn, 
I And wish to see thy kind return ! 
I They cry'd to thee, on Mizpeh's plain, 
I O let us see thy face again.'^ 
3 

We join our humble voice with theirs^,. 
And ofk r I'p our ardent pray-rs 5 



S92 LAW. 



Lord, with thy smiles, thy churciies hle&i^ 
" And crown thy gospel with success."] 
4 

Thy cheering grace, O God, impartj 
Bind up and heal the broken heart ; 
Our sins subdue, onr souls restore, 
And let our foes prevail no more. 

5 

Thy presence in thy house afford, 
To ev'ry heart apply thy word : 
That sinners may their danger see, 
And now begin to mourn for thee. 

LAfV. 
393 L. M. 

Sinner found icanting^ Dan. v. 2? 

Rx\ISE, thoughtless sinner ! raise thine eyC) 
Behold the judgment drawing nigh : 
J3ehold the balance is displayed, 
Where thou must be exactly weighM. 

2 

See, in one scale, God's holy law ! ^^^^^ 
Mark with what force its pi v3cepts dra\>^[^^H 

Canst thou the awful test sustain ? — '^^^^^ 

Thy works how light ! — thy thoughts how vainj 
3 

Behold ! the hand of God appears, 
And writes in dreadful characters : 
^- Tekel — Thy soul is wanting found j 
With trembling herir the awful sound. 

4 

Let sudden fear thy nerves unbrace ^ 
Let guiit}^ shame overspread thy face, 
Conviction thro' thy conscience roll, 
And deep repentance melt tliy soul. 




LAW AND GOSPEL. 393, S94 



5 



One only hope can yet prevail, — 



Jesus J for thee can turn the scale ; 
Can give thy guilty conscience peace^ 
And save thee by his righteousness. 



Dear Saviour ! now thy pow'r impart 5 
Convince each unconvinced heart ; 
And thy salvation let them view, 
In justice wrought — and mercy too. 



Believing this, they shall employ 

Their hearts and lips in songs of joy ; 

Nor e'er of wanting be afraid, 

When in God's HOLY BALANCE weighed. 

393 M. Kent. 

Laic and Gospel, Phil. iii. 7 — 10. 
'W^THEN from the precepts to the cross 



His brightest deeds he counts but dross, 
And o'er his vileness mourns. 



6 



7 




The humble sinner turns ; 



2 



God, on the table of his heart, 
Inscribes his love and fear ; 



He loves the law in ev'ry part. 
But takes no refuge there. 



3 



Thus gospel, law, and justice too, 
Conspire to set him free : 



ReHect, my soul, rdmire and view, 
What God hath done for thee. 



394 C. M. iVallin. 

Believers, dead to the La?D b?/ the Body of 



Christ J Rom. vii. 4. 



SING to the Lord, ye heh's offaitli, 
Of Abrah'm'3 chosen seed : 



395 



LIBERALITY. 



The law that sentenc'd you to death^ 
Is now thro' Jesus.^ dead. 

o 

Our suretYj by his croi-s, has broke 
The law's condemning powT, 

For on hnnst If our sins he tookj, 
And the hand-writing tore. 

3 

He bore our sins,^ and set us free 

No charge on us can He : 
His blood^s an all-sufficient plea^ 

Our souls to justiiy. 

4 

By legal works, no more we strive 
To be discharged from guilt : 

Dead to the law, — to Christ we liv^ 
Whose blood for us was spilt. 

5 

Adore the Father's sovereign love. 

Who gave his only Son 
Our curse and misVy to remove^ 

And make his mercy known ! 



395 L. M. GlvffinH Sel ^ 

Colleciionfor Missionaries^ Hag. ii. 8V 
r f 1 1 HE gold and silver are the Lord's, 
v|_ i And ev'rj blessing ea^'th affords J 
All come from his prophious hand, 
And must return at his command. 

2 

Tiie blessings which I now enjoy, 
I. must for Christ and souls employ 5 
For if I use them as my own, 
iJly Lord v/ill ,%oon call iii his loan?, 



Liberality. 



3 

When 1 to him in want appljj 
lie never does my suit deny : 
Aud shall I then refuse to give^ 
Since 1 so much from him receive ?] 
4 

Shall Jesus leave the realms of day^ 
And clothe himself in humble clay f 
Shall he become despis'd and poor^, 
To make me rich foi' evermore ? 

5 

And shall I wickedly withholdj 
To give Jiiy silver or my gold ? 
To aid a cause my soul approves, 
And save the sinners Jesus love^ ? 

6 

Expand ray heart, incline me, Lord^ 
To give the whole I can afford ; 
That what tlw bounty rendered mine^ 
1 may with cheerful hands resign. 

396 8. 7. 

Collection for the Missionaries j Pro v. iii. 9. 1G» 

WITH my substance I will honour 
My Redeemer, and my Lord ; 
Vv^ere ten thousand worlds my manor,, 
All were nothing to his word : 
2 

While the heralds of salvation, 
His abounding grace proclaim ; 
Let his friends of ev'ry station^ 
'liladly join to spread his fame.. 

3 

May his kingdom be promoted, 
May the world ihe Saviour know j 
Be my all to him devoted, 
To my Lord, my all I ovye^^ 



S97,39S LIFE HID WITH CHRIST. 

4 

[Praise the Saviour, all ye nations^ 
Praise him, all ye hosts above ; 
Shout, with joyful acclamations, 
His divine victorious lovej 

397 L. M. Anon. 

Life kid with Christ in God, Col. iii. 3. 

YE saints, exult in Jesu's name, 
Make Jesu's love your darling theme ; 
Sing on, — you're in the heav'nly road, 
^* Your life is hid with Christ in God.'^ 
2 

'Tis hid from ev'ry carnal eye, 
'Tis hid secure with God on high ; 
Beyond the reach of earth or hell, 
^Tis hid with our Immanuel. 

3 

Satan may rage^ the v/orld annoyj 
But neither can this life destroy ; 
That's safely lodg'd in Jesu's breast, 
The sinner's refuge, and his rest. 

4 

The seeds of grace your Lord bestows, 
From him the oil of grace still flows j 
^Till you are rais'd to his abode, 
Your life is hid with Christ in God. 

398 L. M. Hoskins. 

Living to Christy Phil. i. 21. 
pT ET thoughtless sinners choose the road. 
L i i That leads the soul away from God , 
This happiness, dear Lord, be mine^ 
To live and die entirely thine.] 
2 

On Christ by faith my soul would livCj 
From him my life, my all receive } 



LOOKING UNTO JESUS. 399 



To him devote my fleeting hours, 
Serve him alone with all my powers, 

3 

Christ is my everlasting All, 
To him I look J on him I call ; 
He will my evVy want supply, 
I In time, and thro' eternity. 
" " ^ . 4 

Soon will the Lord, my life appeai*j 
i Soon shall I end my trials here ; 

Leave sin and sorrow, death and pain^ 
To live is Christ, to die is gain.'' 
5 

Soon will the saints in glory meet, 
Soon walk thro' ev'ry golden street ; 
And sing, on ev'ry blissful plain, 
To live is Christ, to die is gain." 

399 L. M. Medley. 

j 7^00 king unto Jesus ^ Jonah ii, 4. 

SEE a poor sinner, dearest Lord, 
Whose soul encouraged by thy wordj 
At mercy's footstool, would remain. 
And there would look, ' and look again.' 
2 

How oft deceiv'd^ by self and pride, 
j Has my poor heart been turn'd aside 5 
! And, Jonah-hke, has fled from thee, 

Till thou hast look'd again on me ! 

3 

Ah ! bring a wTetched wand'rer home ! 
' i And to thy footstool let me come ! 
j And tell thee all my grief and pain, 
I And wait, and look, and look again. 

4 

[Do fears and doubts thy soul annoy, 
Do thund'ring tempests drown thy joy ? 



I 



4GQ 



LOVE. 



And canst thoii not one smile obtain^ 
Yet vveiitj and look, and look a 5. am.] 
5 

Take courage then, my trembling soul, 
One look Irom Christ will make thee whole; 
Trust thou in him, 'tis not in vain, 
13 ut wait and look, and look again*. 

6 

[That w4sh'd for period sOon will come. 
When I shall reach my blissful home 
And when to glory I attain, 
O then ril look, and look again.] 

400 lis, ^— — 




Reriiernhei^ Lof s Wife^ Luke xvii, 32. 
''\7 E careless professors, who rest on your 
JL Jees, 

Am^st your vain pleasures, your profit and 
ease, 

Now God saySj ^' Arise, and escape for yoiu' 
life, 

And look not behind you : — Remember Lot's 
^•'wife.'' 

Awake from your ^lumber^ thet^xirning re(reive; 
'*Tis Jesus that warns you, the message believe 5 
While dangers are pending ; " est^ape for your 
life, 

^'^ And look not behind you, Remember Lot'« 
" wife." 

3 

The first bold apostate vvill tempt you to stray, 
And tell yOu no dangers are found in the way ; 
lie means to deceive you ; " escape for yowc life, 
And look not behind you, Remember Lot's 



LOVE. 



401 



4 

How matiy poor souls has the serpent beguiFcl^ 
With specious temptations how many defiPd 
Then be not deluded : " escape for your life, 
" And look not behind you, Remember Lot^s- 
wife,'^ 

5 

The ways of religion , true pleasures afford, 
No pleasures can equal the joys of the Lord f 
Forsake then the world, and escape for your 
life, 

And look not behind you. Remember Lot's wife.'' 
6 

{But if you determine the call to refuse, 
And venture the way of destruction to choose : 
For hell, you must part with the blessings of life, 
And then, if not iiov/,you'il Remember Lot's wife* 

401 C. M. Bwain. 

Brothei'ty Love^ Psalm c.xxxiii. 1. 

HOW sweet, how heavenly is the sight^ 
When those who love the Lord, 
In one another's peace delight, 
And so fulfil his word ! 

2 

O may we feel each brother's sigh, 

And with him bear a part : 
May sorrows flow from eye to eye^ 

And joy from heart to heart. 

3 

Free us from envy, scorn ^ and pride, 

Our wishes fix above ; 
-May each his brother's failings hide, 

And shew a brother's love. 

4 

»Let love in one delightful stream,^ 
Thro' ev'ry bosom flow j ' 

S ^ 



402 



LOVE. 




And union sweet, and dear esteem,^ 
In ev'ry action glow. 

5 

Love is the golden chain that binds 

The happy souls above; 
And he's an heir of heav'n, that fnids 

His bosom glow with love. 

404^ (1st. Part.) 8. M. Beddome^ 

Christian Love, Gal. iii. 28. 
ET party names no more 
The Christian world o'crspread ;.| 
Gentile and Jew, and bond and Iree^ 
Are one in Christy tlieir head, 
2 

Among the saints on earth. 
Let mutual love abound ; 
peirs of the same inheritance 
Should be in union foimd. 

3 

Let envy, child of hell, 
Be banished from our sight ; 
Those should in strictest friendship dwell; 
Who in the Lord delight. 

4 

Then will the church below 
Resemble that above ; 
Where streams of pleasure ever fiow^ 
And ev'ry heart is love. 

40^ (and. Part) S. M. Fawcett. 

Christian hove, 
J LEST be the tie that binds 
Our hearts in Christian love ! 
The fellowship of kindred minds 
Is like to that above. 

2 

Before our Father's throne 
We pour our ardent prayers : 



LOVE. 



403 



Our fears, oiu' hopes, our aims are one— 
Our comforts and our cares. 

3 

We share our mutual woes ; 
Our mutual burdens bear : 
And often for each other flows 
The sympathizing tear. 

4 

When we asunder part, 
It gives us inward pain : 
But we shall still be joined in heart. 
And hope to meet again. 

5 

This glorious hope revives 
Our courage by the way ; 
While each in expectation lives^ 
And lonos to see the da v. 

6 ' 

From sorrow, toil and pain^ 
And sin, we shall be free ; 
And perfect love and friendship reigii 
Thro' all eternity. 

403 C. M. Swain. 

Love of Christ, 

THE finest Flow'r that ever blow'd, 
Open'd on Calvary's tree ; 
When Jesu's blood, in rivers flow'd, 
for love of worthless me ! 

2 

Its deepest hue, its richest smell, 

INo mortal can declare ; 
Nor can the tongue of angels tell 

How bright the colours are. 

3 

Earth could not hold so rich a flow'i— 
INor half its beauties show; 



404 



LOVE. 



Nor could the world and satan's po\t'^ 
Confine its sweets below. 

4 

On Canaan's banks, supremely fair^ 

This flow'r of glory blooms 5 
Transplanted to its native air. 

And all the shores perfumes. 

5 

[But not to Canaan's shores confin'd $ 

The seeds which from it blow 
Take root within the human mind^ 

And scent the church below. 

6 

And soon on yonder banks above 

Shall ev'ry blossom here 
Appear a full-blown flow'r of love^ 

Like him, transplanted there.] 

404 M. B. a?2dM 

Love to our Enemies^ Luke xxiii. 34^ 
\ LOUD we sing the woundrous grace, 
Jr%L. Christ to his murd'rers bare ; 
Which made the tort'ring cross its throne,^ 
And hung its trophies there. 

2 

<^Father, forgive his mercy ^ry'd^ 

With his expiring breath ; 
And drew eternal blessings down 

On those who wrought his death* 

3 

^esus, this wondrous love we sing ! 

And, whilst we sing, admire : 
Breathe on our souls, and kindle ther6 

The same celestial fire^ 
4 

tSway'd by thy dear example, we 
f Qr enemies will pray : 




LOVE. 405,406 



With love, their hatred. — and their curse, 
With blessings we'll repay, 
5 

[Pity shall touch our hearts, to see 

A hunjj-ry starving foe ; 
The needful bread, our hands out-stretch'dj 

Shall joyfully bestow.] 

405 7s. Leed^s Col 

Love of Christ, 

LOVE divine, how sweet the sound ! 
May the theme on earth abound : 
May the heart of saints below, 
With the sacred rapture glow I 
2 

Love amazing, large and free, 
Love unknown, to think on me t 
Let that love upon me shine, 
Saviour, with its beams divine* 
3 

[Better than earth's gilded toys^ 
Or an age of carnal joys ; 
Better far than Ophir's gold, 
Love that never can be told.] 
4 

Better than this life of mine, 
Saviour, is thy love divine : 
Drop the veil, and let me see 
Rivers of this love in thee, 
5 

While in Mesech's tents I sta}'^, 
Love divine shall tune my lay j 
When I soar to bliss above, 
Still Fll praise a Saviour's love, 

400 C. M. Doddridge. 

Love to Christy John xxi. 15. 

DO not I love thee, O my Lord ? 
l^chold my heart, and see ; 



And tarn each cursed idol out 
That dares to rival thee. 

2 

Do not I love thee from my soul ? 

Then let me nothing love : 
Dead be my heart to ev'ry joy, 

Which thou dost not approve* 
3 

Is not th}^ name melodious still 

To mine attentive ear ? 
Doth not each pulse with pleasure beat 

My Saviour's voice to hear ? 

4 

[Hast thou a lamb in all thy flock^ 

I would disdain to feed ? 
Hast thou a foe, before whose face 

I fear thy cause to plead ?] 
5 

Thou know'st I love thee, dearest Lord^ 

But, O ! I long to soar 
Far from the sphere of mortal joys, 

That I may love thee more. 

407 (First Pt.) C. M. Steele. 

Desiring to hove Christ. 

THOU lovely source of true delight; 
Whom I unseen adore ; 
Unveil thy beauties to my sight, 
That I may love thee more. 

2 

Thy glory o'er creation shines 

But in thy sacred word 
1 read, in f^iirer brighter lines, 

My bleeding, dying Lord. 

3 

^Tis here, vv lien e'er my comforts dr oop, 
And sin and sorrow rise, 





love:. 



407' 



Thy love with clieeiing beams of hope, 
My fainting heart suppUes. 

4 

But ah ! too soon the pleasing scene 

Is clouded o'er with pain ; 
TSly gloomy fears rise dark between. 

And I again complain. 

5 

.Tesus, my Lord, ray life, my light, 

O come with bhssful ray : 
Creak radiant thro^ the shades of nighu 

And chase mv fears awav. 

6 

Then shall my soul with rapture trace 

The wonders of thy love ; 
'But the full glories of thy face 

Are only known above. 

407 (and Pt.) 8. 8, 6. TFesley. 

Desiring to Love Christ. Can. v. 8. 

OLOVE divine, how sv*Tet ihou art ! 
When shall I find my longing heart 
AW taken up by thee ? 
For thee I pant, I thirst to prove 
The greatness of redeeming love. 
The love of Christ to me. 

2 

God only knows the love of God : 
O that it now were shed abroad 

In this pour stony lieart ! — 
For this I sigh, for this I pine : — ■■ 
This only portion Lord, be mine; 

Be mine this better part. 

3 

O that T could for ever sit 
AMth Mary, at the Masters's feet ! 
Be this my happy choice y 



40r, 40S 



LOVE, 



My only care^ delight, and bliss, 
]\ly joy J my heav'nj on earth be this, 
To hear the Bridegroom's voice ! 

4 

Thy love alone^ do I require, 
Kothing on earth beneath desire, 

Nor aught in heav'n above ; 
Let earth, and all its trifles go, 
Give me, O Lord ! thy love to know^ 

Give me thy precious love. 

407 (3d, Pt.) 8- 8. 6. Edward^. 

Desiring to Love Christ. 
OULD e'er my mind a pain possess, 
And anguish fill my throbbing breas^ 
When Jesus hides his face ? 
If to my soul he were not dear,. 
If in my love he had no share, 
Could I esteem his grace. 

2 

Did not his charms attract my love, 
Would e'er his smiles so grateful pro\^, 

Such heav'nly joys impart ? 
Did I not love, would e'er his frown, 
Press my poor laboring spirit down, 

And pierce me to the heart ? 

3 

No — dearest Lord — should remah^ 
A stranger to this joy and pain. 

Had I no love to thee : 
O may my heart with heav'nly flame*, 
Jpor ever glow ; — and thy dear name 

Be All in All to me. 

408 7. Coxvper. 

Lovest thou me? John xxi. l6. 

HARK, my soul ! it is the Lord ; 
'Tis, thy Saviour, hear his word ^ 




LOVE. 



■Jesus speaks, and speaks to thee ; 
Say poor sinner, lov'st tliou me ? 

2 

<• I delivered thee when boiindj 

And, when wounded, heal'd thy wound | 
Sought thee wand'rina', set thee right, 
Tum'd thy darkness into light. 

3 

Can a woman's tender care, 
^' Cease towards the child she bare ? 
Yes, she may forgetful be, 
Yet will I remember thee. 

4 

^ Mine is an unchanging love. 
Higher than the heights above ; 
Deeper than the depths beneath, 
Free and faith fu|, strong as death, 
5 

^* Thou shalt see my glory soon, 
When the work of grace is done | 
I ^' Partner of my throne shalt be, 
I Sav. poor sinner, lov^st thou me 

1 ^' G ■ 

I Lord, it is my chief complaint, 

That my love is weak and faint j 

Y'et I love thee, and adore, 

O for grace to love thee more ! 

409 (First Pt.) 7. Newton, 

I Lovest thou me? John xxi. 16. 

^ ^ I ^ ^ point 1 long to know, 

JL Oft it causes anxious thought 
3Do r love the Lord or no ? 
Am I his, or am I not ? 

2 

If I love w hy am I thus ? 

Why this dull and lifeless frame ? 

S 2 



409 



LOVE. 



Hairdly, sure^ can they be worse, 
Who have never heard his name, 
3 

JCould Kiy heart so hard remain', 
JPray'r a task and burden prove^ 
Ev'ry trifle give me pain, 
j[f I knew a Saviour's love ? 

4 

^Vhen I turn my eyes within, 
All is dark, and vain, and wild, 
iFilPd with unbelief and sin, 
Can 1 deem myself a child ?] 
5 

If I pray, or hear, or read, 
?Sin is mix'd w ith all I do | 
'You that love the Lord, indeedj 
^JTell me, is it thus with you ? 

6 

Yet I mourn my stubborn will — > 
Find my sin a grief and thrall ; 
tShould I grieve for what I feel, 
If I did not love at all ? 

7 

I Could I joy his saints to meet ; 
Choose the ways I once abhorr'd ; 
Find at times the promise sweet-^ 
If I did not love the Lord ? 

8 

Lord, decide the doubtful case ; 
Thou who art thy people's Sun, 
Shine upon thy work of grace, 
if it be indeed begun. 

9 

Let me love thee more and niore^ 
If I love at ail I pray ! 
If T have not lov'd before,' 
tlelp me to begin to-day. 



LOVE. 409j4l0 



409 (Second Part J 104. 

He will rest in Ms Love y Zeph, iii. 1/. 

SALVATION by grace^ how charming the 
song. 

With seraphim join, the theme to prolong ; 
'Twas plannM by Jehovah, in council above, 
Vv' ho to everlasting, shail rest in his love. 

2 

This covenant of grace^ all blessings secures. 
Believers, rejoice, for all things are yours ; 
And God from his purpose shall never remove^ 
But love thecj and bless thee^ and rest in hm 
love. 

3 

But when like a sheep that strays from the fold^ 
To Jesus thy Lord, thy love shall grow cold, 
Think not he'll reject thee, but rather reprove, 
Yet, tho' he correct thee, he'll rest in his love.^ 
4 

When sold under sin, a slave to thy lust, 
Deep sunk in the fall, of Adam the first, 
And oft in rebellion with God thou hast strove^ 
Yet wonder, O heav'ns, he rests in his love.- 

5. 

In Jesus the Lamb, the Father^s delight. 
The saints without blame, appear in his sight^ 
And while he in Jesus, their souls shall approve^ 
So long shall Jehovah abide in his love. 

410 L- M, Steele. 

Mothers^ Love to their Children^ Isaiah xlix. 15, 

YE mothers, who with growing love 
Press your dear infant to your breast ^ 
Say, — ' Can your joys and pleasures prove 
^ That you are now entirely blest ? 



^ Do not a thousand tender cafes 
^ By turns, your restless thoughts employ 
^ Now rising hopes, now anxious fears, 
^ And grief succeeds to pleasing joy, 
S 

* Dear tender babe, its lovely smiles 

^ With What delight and joy you view s 
^ But ev'ry pain the infant feels, 
Do you not feel its suff 'rings too ? 

4 

What fancied busy ci'uel fears 
^ Rush in, and say — the child may die ! 
^ And nature prompts the ready tear, 
^ And heaves the rising deep-fetch'd sigh^ 
5 

Ah ! does hot God our comforts mix 
With greater far than equal pain ; 
^ To teach us if our hearts we fix 
On earth — we fix the:n there in vain.] 
6 

^ Then be our earthly joys resigned, 
^ Since here below we cannot rest ; 

* For earthly joys were ne'er design'd 
^ To make our souls completely blest/ 

45 1 7s, Newt 071. 

The two Malefactors^ Luke xxiii. 3^- 

SOVEREIGN grace has pow'r alone 
To subdue a heart of stone; 
And the moment grace is felt, 
Then the hardest heart will melt. 

2 

When the Lord was crucify'd, 
Two transgressors with him d3^'d ; 
One, with vile blaspheaiing tongue* 
Scoff 'd at JesiTS as he iiun^* 



MARRIAGE, 



412 



3 

Thus he spent his wicked breathy 
In the very jaws of death ; 
Perish'd, as too many do, 
With the Saviour in his view* 
4 

But the other, touch'd with grace, 
Saw the danger of his case ; 
Faith received to own the Lord, 
AV^hom the scribes and priests abhorr'di 
5 

^ Lord,' he pray'd ' remember me, 
^ When in giory thou shah be 
' Soon with me,' the Lord replies, 
^ Thou shah rest in paradise.' 

6 

This was wondrous grace indeed, 
Grace vouchsaf 'd in time of need ! 
Sinners, trust in Jesu's name. 
You shall find him still the same* 



MARRIAGE. 
413 CM. Ber ridge. 

A Weddmg liijinuj John. ii. J, 2-, 

^ INCE Jesus freely did appear 
^3 To grace a marriage feast ; 
Dear Lord, we ask tliy presence here 
To make a wedding guest. 

U})on the bridal pair look down. 
Who now have plighted bunds ^ 

Th»:'ir union witii ihy fnvo'rr crownj 
And bicisjj llie iiii^ i'rd bunds. 



413 MEETING HOUSED. 




3 

With gifts of grace their hearts endow 

Of all rich dowries best ; 
Their substance bless ; and peace bestow^ 

To sweeten all the rest. 

4 

In purest love their souls unite^ 

That they, with christian care, 
JVIay make domestic burdens light^ 

By taking mutual share. 

5 

True helpers may they prove indeed,. 

In pray'r, and faith, and hope 5 
And see with joy a godly seed 

To build their household up, 
6 

As Isaac and Rebecca gave 

A pattern chaste and kind 5 
So may this married couple live^ 

And die in friendship joined, 
7 

p O may each soul assembled here. 

Be married, Lord to thee ; 
Giad in thy robes made v/hite and fair, 

To spend eternity.'] 

MEETIKG HOUSE. H 
413 (First Part) L. M. 

©n haying the Foundation Stone^ Ezra vi. I6. 

"ITH humble faith and fervent zeal, 
We would address thy throne, () God : 
O may our breathings reach thine hill^ 
Tbe city of thy blest abode. 



MEETING HOUSE. 41S 



Oft hast thou Lord, been pleasM to bott 
Thine ear and listen to our cry ; 
Encouraged thus, we now presume, 
O let us feel thy presence nigh. 

3 

We come not, Lord, to plead for weakly 
iSor ask this world's vain empty fame ; 
But this we ask, (deny it not), 
' To build an house to thy great name.' 

4 

We trust thy pow'r, and not our own^ 
The superstructure here to raise ; 
May love divine our efforts crown, 
And thy blest name have all the praise. 
5 

[And while we're privileg'd to rear 
A place in which t' approach thy throne, 
O may we know our souls are built 
On Christ the true foundation stone.] 

413 (Second Part) C. M. 

On Opening a Place of IVorshipy 
1 Kings viii. 27. 

GREAT Sov'reign of the earth andsl^ 
And Lord of all below j 
Before thy glorious majesty. 
Ten thousand seraphs bow. 

2 

Yet thou art not confin'd above, 
Thy presence knows no bound ; 

AVhere'er thy praying people meet^ 
There thou art always found. 

3 

behold, a temple raisM for thee 

O meet thy people here 5 
Here, O thou King of saints, residf;, 

And in thy church appear. 



413 MEETING HOUSE 

4 

Within these walls^ let holy peace. 

And iove and concord dwell 3 
Here give the troubled conscience ease^^ 

The wounded spirit heaL ^^^^ 
5 

Here, may salvation be proclaim^dj 

By thy most precious blood ^ 
And sinners know the joyful sound^ 

And ovvn the Saviour, God. 

6 

Here, may a num'rous crowd arise, 

To bow before thy throne ; 
Here may their songs salute the skies, 

Tu ages vet unborn. 

7 

[O thou, whose presence fdls all space, 

Whom lieav'n and earth adore ; 
JIake this thy church, tliy dv/elling plac 

Till time shall be no more.] 

[See also Hymn 417.] 

413 (3rd. Pt.) L. M. JVercton.. 

Admission of New Members, Gen. xxiv. 31, 
INDRED in Christ, for his dear sake, 
A hearty welcome here receive 5 
May we together now^ partake 
The joys which only he can give, 
2 

To you and us by grace 'tis giv'n, 
To know the Saviour's precious name ; 
And shortly we shall meet in heav'n, 
Our hope, our way, our end the same. 
3 

May he by whose kind care we meet* 
Send hifs good Spirit from above, 



MEETING HOUSE. 414,415 



Make our communications sweet, 
And cause our hearts to burn with love. 
4 

[For<rotten be each worldly themcj 
When Christians meet together thus ; 
We only wish to speak of him, 
AVho liv'd, and dy'd, and reigns for 
5 

We'll talk of all he did and said, 
And suffer'd for us here below ; 
The path he mark'd for us to tread^ 
And what he's doing for us now. 

6 

Thus as the mements pass away, 
W^e'll love and wonder, and adore ; 
And hasten on the glorious day, 
i When we shall meet to part no more.] 

I - 414 L. M. Godwin. 

At Social Meetings^ Gen. xxiv. 31. 

WELCOME, thou well-belov'd of God, 
Thou heir of grace, redeemed by bloocf J 
' Welcome with us, thine hand to join, 
As partner of our lot divine. 

2 

With us, the pilgrims' state embrace, 
W^e're ti av'hng to a blissful place ; 
The Holy Ghost, who knows the way^ 
Conduct thee on from day to day. 

S 

Take up thy cross, and bear it on, 
Tt shall be light and not be long ; 
Soon shalt thou sit with Jesus down, 
And wear an everlasting crown. 

41.5 C. M. Newton oiler ed. 

At Social Meetings, Mai. iii. iG — 18., 
HEN sinners utter boasting words^^ 
And glory in their shame ^ 



4ir> MEETING HOUSE. 

The Lord, well-pleasM, an ear affords^ 
To those who fear his name. 

2 

They often meet to seek his facC;, 

And tell what he hath done ; 
They sing of free and sovereign grace. 

Thro' his beloved Son. 

3 

[The chronicles of heav'n shall keep 

Their words in transcript fair^ 
In the Redeemer's book of life,, 

Their names recorded are.] 
4 

^ They shall be mine/ Jehovah cries, 

^ When I each radiar^t gem 
^ Collect ; — And with their mingled blaze 

' Compose my diadem. 

5 

^ With transport, then my tender care, 

^ And favour they shall prove : 
^ I'll spare them as a father spares 

' The Children of his love. 

6 

^ Assembled worlds will then discern 

' The saints alone are blest : 
^ When wrath shall like an oven burn 

' And veng'ance strike the rest.' 

416 (1st Part) L .M. Stennett. 

Omnipresence of Christ in Social IVorship^ 

Blatt. xviii. 20. 
(To be Sung between Prayer and Sermon.) 
"HERE two or three, with sweet accord; 
^ Obedient to their sov'reign Lord, 
^ Meet to recount his acts of grace, 
^ And offer solemn pray'r and praise : 
2 

^ There,' says the Saviour, ' will I be, 
^ Amid this little company j 



MEETING HOUSE. 



416, 4ir 



^ To them unveil my smiling face, 
^ And shed my glories round the place.^ 
3 

We meet at thy command, dear Lord, 
Relying on thy faithful word : 
Now send thy Spirit from above, 
Now fill om' hearts with heav'nly love. 

416 (3nd. Pi ) 8 8. 6. Kent 

Social WorsMp^ Matt, xviii, 20. 
^ X^T^HERE two or three together meet^ 
? f ' My love and mercy to repeat, 
' And tell what I have done, 
* There will I be/ saith God, ' to bless^ 
^ And ev'ry burdened soul redress, 
' Who worships at my throne.' 

2 

Make one in this assembly. Lord, 
Speak to each heart some cheering word^ 

To set the spirit free ; 
Impart a kind celestial show'r, 
,And grant that we may spend an hour 

In fellov/ship with thee. 

417 W. Doddridge. 

^ Opening a Place of Worship^ Psalm Ixxxvii. 5. 

AND will the great eternal God 
On earth establish his abode ? 
. And v/ill he form his radiant throne, 
Avow our temples for his own ? % 
o 

[We bring the tribute of our praise, 
1; And sing that condes-^endinr grace, 
Which to our notes will lend an ear, 
And call us, shiful mortals neav.] 

Tliese walls we to thy lionour raise ; 
Long may they echo with tiiy j.'rabe. 



418 MEETING HOUS^, 



And thou, descending, fill the place 
With choicest tokens of thy grace. 

4 

Here let the great Redeemer reign, 
AVith all the graces of his train ; 
While pow*r divine his word attends 
To conquer foes, and cheer his friendgj 
5 

And in the great decisive day, 
When God the nations shall surve}', 
May it before the world appear, gMj^^ 
That crowds were born to glory here. 

418 148th. Francis. 

Opening a Place of Worship^ Ezra vi. t 

"N sweet exalted strains 
The King of glory praise ; 
O'er heav'n and earth he reigns, 
Thro' everlasting days : 
He, with a nod, the world controuls^ 
Sustains, or sinks the distant pole^. 

2 

To earth he bends his throne, 

His throne of grace divine ; 

Wide is his bounty known, 

And wide his glories shine : 
Fair Salem,^ still his chosen rest, 
Is with his smiles and presence blest.J^ 
3 

Great King of glory, come, 

And with thy favour crov/n 

Tliis temple as thy dome. 

This people as thy own : 
Beneath this roof, O deign to show, 
How God can dwell with men belovy* 




MERCY. 



4 

Here may thine ears attend 

Our interct ding cnes^ 

And grateful praise ascend 

All fragrant to the skies : 
Here may thy word melodious soundj 
And spread celestial joys around ! 

'5 

Here, may th' attentive throng, 

» Imbibe thy truth and love 5 
^ And converts join the song 

Of seraphim above : 
And willing crowds surround thy board) 
With sacred joy and sweet accord ! 

6 

Here may unborn sons 
And daughters sound thy praise 5 
And shine, like polish'd stones 
Thro' long succeeding days : 
Here, Lord, display thy saving pow¥, 
While temples stand, and mitn adore. 



I 



419 CM. K?iight. 

Revieimng the Mercies of God, 2, Sam. vii. 18* 

AIN would my soul with w^onder trac€ 
»S? Thy mercies, O my God : " 
And tell the riches of thy grace, 
The merits of thy blood. 

2 ^ 
With Israel's King, my heart Would crvy 

While I review thy ways, 
^ Tell me my Saviour, who am I, 
' That 1 should see thy face ? 

3 

Form'd by thine hand, and formM for thee; 
' 1 would be ever thine* 
* My Saviour, make my spirit free : — t 
^ With beams of mercy shine. 



420 MERCY. 



4 

p What is my house ? or what my soul^ 

' That I should ever prove, 
^ The pow'r of thy divine controul, 

^ Or share thy precious love.'] 
5 

Fain would my soul with rapture dwell 

On thy redeeming grace ; 
O for a thousand tongues to tell ^^^^^ 

M}^ dear Kedeemer's praise. lIHHI 

420 C- M. Broxvn altered^ 

Imploring Mercy ^ Luke xviii. 13. 
OR D, at thy feet in dust I lie^ 
And knock at mercy's door; 
With humble heart and weeping eye^ 
Thy favour I implore. 

2 

On me, O Lord, do thou display 

Thy rich forgiving love ; 
O take my heinous guilt away. 

This heavy load remove. 

3 

Without thy grace I sink opprest^ 

Down to the gates of hell ; 
O give my troubled spirit rest. 

And all my fears dispel. 

4 

^Tis mercy,,^ercy 1 implore, 

O may thy bowels move ; 
Thy grace is an exhaustless store^ 

And thou thj^self art love. 

5 

[O, for thy sake, for Jesu's sake, 

My many sins forgive ! 
Thy grace my rocky heart can break^ 

And; breaking; soon relieve.] 



I MILLENNIUM.— xMINlSTERS. 421;, 422 

6 

[Sliould I at last in heav'n appear, 
; To join thy saints above ; — 
I 111 shout 'twas mercy brought me there, 

PAnd sing thy bleeding love.] 
421 L. M. 

1 Millennium^ Rev. xx. 4. Isaiah Ixv. 25. 

W HEN Jesus, shall descend the skies, 
I And form a bright, a daz/iing day : 

! The saints shall view with sweet surprise^ 
I His grand — His universal sway ! 

i ^ 

I The hon and the lamb shall feed 

j Together in his peaceful reign ; 

I And Zionj'blest with heav'niy bread, 

Shall never more of wants complain. 

3 

, The Jew, the Greek, the bond, and free^ 
i Shall boast their several rites no more $ 
But join in sweetest harmony, 
Their Lord, their Sovereign to adore. 

4 

O happy day ! when all th' elect, 
1 Complete in number shall be found ; 
And like their great, their mystic head, 
Be with eternal honours crown'd. 



MINISTERS. 
433 L, M. Gibbons. 

Pastorh Wish for Ids People^ Phil. iv. 1. 

MY brethren, from my heart beloved, 
. Whose welfare fills my daily care^ 
My present joy, my future crown, 
The word of exhortation hear. 



MINISTERS, 



Stand fast upon the solid rock 
Of the Redeemer's righteousness ; 
Adorn the gospel with your livesj 
And practise what your lips profess. 

3 

With pleasure meditate the hour, 
When he, descending from the skie$^ 
Shall bid your bodies, mean and vile^ 
In his all-glorious image rise. 

Glory in his dear honoured name ; ^ 

To him inviolably cleave ; 

Your all he purchased by his bloody 

Nor let him less than all receive. 

5 

Such is your pastor's faithful chai'ge. 
Whose soul desires not your's but you j 
O may he at the Lord's right hand, 
Himself, and all his people view ! 

433 CM. Newton. 

Pastor^s farewell Charge^ Acts xx. 26, 27- 

W HEN Paul was parted from his friends, 
It was a weeping day ; 
dSut Jesus made them all amends, 
And wip'd their tears away. 

2 ' V 

In heav'n they meet again with ]^%^S/m 

Secure no more to part 5) 
Where praises ev'ry tongue employ^ 
In pleasure fills each heart. 

3 

Thus all the preachers of his grace 

Their children soon shall meet^ 
Together see their Saviour's face^ 

Aijd worship at his feet.. 



MINISTERS. 



4 

[But they who heard the word in vain, 
Tho' oft and plainly warn'd. 

Will tremble when tliey meet again 
The ministers they scorn'd. 

5 

On your own heads your biood will fall. 

If any perish here ; 
The preachers, who have told you all, 

Shall stand approvM and clear. 

6 

Yet, Lord, to save themselves alone, 

Is not their utmost view ; 
O ! hear their pray'r, thy message own, 

And save their hearers too.] 

424 S. M. Chirk. 

Ministers going a Journey, 
r O INCE we are call'd to part, 
[ k3 From our beloved friend ; 
We take our leave, as one in heart, 
And him to God commend.] 
2 

Go, with thy servant, Lord, 
His ev'ry step attend ; 
All needful help to him afford. 
And bless him to the end. 

3 

Preserve him from all wrong ^ 
Stand thou at his right hand, 
ITo keep him from the sland'rous tongue, 
And persecuting band. 

4 

May he proclaim aloud 
The wonders of thy grace ; 
And do thou to the hsi'ning crowd 
His faithful labours bless. 

T 



425 



MISSIONARIES, 



5 

Shine Oil his work belov/. 
With ever gracious beams 5 
Till thou in heav'n his crown bestow^ 
AdornM with brighter gems^ 
6 

We for his journey pray^ 
Nor may our prayers cease ; 
That God would bless him in his way^ 
And bring him back in peace. 

7 

Farewell^ dear pastor— go— 
We part with tliee in love ; — 
And if we meet no more below^ 
O may we meet above. 



MISSIOjXMUES. 
425 L, M. Rooker^s Col 

Prmjer for the Spread of tJie Gospel, Psalni 
xliii. 3. 

RIGHT as the sun's meridian blaze) 
Vast as the blessings he conveys 5 
Wide as his reign from pole to pole^ 
And permanent as his controul 5 
2 

So, Jesusj let thy kingdom come, 
Then sin and helPs terrific gloom 
Shall, at Jiis brightness, flee away, 
The dawn of an eternal day. 

3 

* Then shall the heathen, iilPd with awe, 
Learn the blest knowledge of thy law ; 
And Antichrists, on ev'ry shore, 
F^i from their thrones^ to rise no raore.^ 



3 

■mm 




MISSIONARIES. 



426 



I 4 
j [Then shall th}^ lofty praise resound 
I On Afric's shores, thro' fndia's ground : 
' And islands of the southern sea 

Shall stretch their eager arms to thee :] 
5 

Then shall the Jew and Gentile meetj 
In pure devotion at thy feet ; 
And earth shall yield thee, as thy due^ 
Her fulness and her glory too. 

^ 4S6 L. M. Fake. 

Frayerfor the Spi^ead of the Gospel^ Dan. ii; 
I 35. 45. 

1^ XERT thy pow'r, thy rights maintain^ 
_i Insulted, everlasting King ! 
The iniliience of thy crown increase, 
And strangers to thy footstool bring. 

2 

I ^ fWe long to see that happy time, 
I That dear, expected, blissful day, 
j When countless myriads of Stir race 
' The second Adam shall obey.] 
3 

The prophecies must be fulhlPd, 
Tho' earth and hell should dare oppose : 
The stone cut from the mountain's side^ 
Tho' unobserved, to empire grows. 

1 ^ 

I Soon shall the blended im.age fall, 

! (Brass, silver, iron, gold, and clay,) 

And superstition's gloomy reign 

To light and liberty give way. 

5 

In one vast symphony of praise, 
Gentile and Jew shall then unite 5 
And infidelity, ashamM, 
Sink in the abyss of endless nighl. 



.427, 428 MISSIONARIES. 



6 

From east to west, from north to south 
JmmanuePs kingdom shall extend 5 
And ev^ry man, in ev^ry face, 
Shall meet a brother, and a friend. 

4^7 L. M. Foke. 

Fray er for the Spread of the Go^peZ, Psalm ii. 8* 
rilHY people. Lord, who trust thy wordp 
A And wait the smilings of thy face^ 
Assemble round thy mercy-seat, 
And plead the promise of thy grace. 

2 

We consecrate these hours to thee^ 
Thy sovereign mercy to intreat 5 
And feel some animating hope, 
We shall divine acceptance meet* 
3 

Hast thou not sworn to give thy Soft, 
To be a light to gentile lands 5 
To open the benighted eye, 
And loose the wretched pris'ner's bands t 
4 

Hast thou not said, from sea to sea 
His vast dominion shall extend ? 
That ev'ry tongue shall call him Lord,, 
And ev'ry knee before him bend ? 

5 

Kuw let the happy time appear, 
The time to favour Zion come ^ 
Send forth thy heralds far and near, 
To call thy banish'd children home. 

428 L. M. Voke. 

Prospect of Success, John iv. 3:3, 36. 

BEHOLD, th- expected tiirne draw near, 
The shades disperse, the dawn appear J'^ 
The barren vvilderness assume 
The beauteous tints of Eden'S bloom. 



MISSIONARIES. 



429 



2 

Events, with prophecies, coDspire 
To raise our faith, our zeal to fire 
Therip'oing fields, already white, 
Present an harvest to our sight. 

3 

The untaught heathen waits to kno\¥ 
The joy the gospel will bestow ; 
The exiFd slave waits to receivej 
The freedom Jesus has to give. 

4 

Come, let us, with a grateful heart, 
In the blest labor share a part, 
Our pray^'s and off-rings gladly bring 
To aid the triumphs of our King. 

5 

fOur hearts exult in songs of praise, 
That we have seen these latter days,' 
When our Redeemer shall be known, 
Where satan long has held his throne* 
6 

From eastern to the western skies, 
Sweet incense to his name shall rise ; 
^' And Tyre, and Egypt, Greek and Jew/' 
By sovereign grace be formed anew.] 

4f.9 L. M. Fake. 

Babylon's Fall predicted ^ Rev. xiv. 8, 

PROUD 1 abylon yet waits her doom 3 
Nor can ler toit'ring palace fall, 
Till sorn^ blesi inessenger arise, 

I he rtnsj iiM heathen world to call. 

2 

]Vow see the glorious time approach 
Behold the mighty angel fiy, 

II le f.;(jS[-ei iidings to convey 
To ev^'ry iaiid beneath the sky ! 



I 



430 MISSIONARIES. 



3 

[See the kind natives of Pelew, 
With rapture greet the sacred sound ; 
And taught the Saviour's precious narae^ 
Cast ail the idols to the ground.] 
4 

O see, on both the India's coast,* 
And Africa's unhappy shore. 
The unlearn 'd savage press to hear J 
And hearing, wonder and adore : 
5 

[See, while the joyful truth is told, 
" That Jesus left his throne in heav'n, 
And suffer'd, dy'd, and rose again. 
That guilty souls might be forgiv'n 
6 

See what delight, unfelt before. 
Beams in his fix'd attentive eye ; 
And hear him ask — For wretched me^^^ 
" Did this divine Redeemer die ? 

7 

Ah ! why have ye so long forbone 
" To tell such welcome nev»'S as this ? 
^" Go now^ — let ev'ry sinner hear, 
" And share in such exalted bliss."] 
8 

Now Babylon, thy hour is come, 
Thy curs'd foundation shall give way ^ 
And thine eternal overthrow 
The triumphs of the cross display. 

^ O see, on Otaheite's isle. 

430 L. M. Voke. 

Invitation to propagate the Gospel. Isaiah IxiL 
6, 7. 

O, favour'd people, and proclaim 
The kind Redeemer you have found j 



MISSIONARIES. 



431 



Publish his ever precious name 
To all the wond'ring nations round. 

2 

Go, tell th' unletter'd wretched slave, 
Who groans beneath a tyrant's rod. 
You bring a freedom bought with bloody 
The bi9od of an incarnate God. 

3 

Go, tell the panting sable chief, 
On Ethiopians scorching sand. 
You come — with a refreshing stream 
To cheer and bless his thirsty land. 

4 

Go, tell the distant isles afar, 
That lie in darkness and the grave. 
You come — a glorious light to shew 
You come — their souls to seek and save* 
5 

Go, tell on India's golden shores, 
Of a rich treasure^ more refin'd : 
And tell them, tho' they'll scarce believe, 
You come — the friend of human kind. 

6 

Say, the religion you profess, 
Is all benevolence and love ; 
And by its own divine effects, 
Its heav'nly origin will prove. 

431 L. VJ. Gr.ifm's Sel alierecL 

Annval Meeting, Acts i. 26. 

I>;DULGEXT God, to thee we pray, 
Be with us on this solemn day ; 
Smile on our souls, our plan^j approve, 
By which we seek to spread iby love. 

2 

Let party prejudice be gone. 
And lovQ unite our hearts in one s 



4S2 MISSIONARIES, 

Let all we have and are, combine 
To aid this glorious work of thine. 

3 

[Point us to inen of upright mind, 
Devoted, diligent, and kind ; 
Y> ith grace be all their hearts endowed, 
And iiglit to guide them in the road. 

4 

With cheerful steps may they proceed, 
Where'er tliy providence shall lead ; 
Let heav"n and earth their works befriencf. 
And mercy all their paths attend.] 
5 

Great let the bands of those be found 
Yv ho shall attend the goipel sound; 
And let Barbarians, bond and free, 
-In supphant throngs resort to thee. 

6 

Where Pagan altars now are built, 
And brutal blood, or human spilt, 
There be the bleeding cross high reared,. 
And God, our God, alone rever'd. 

7 

Where captives groan' d beneath their chai% 

Let grace and love, and concord reign 5 

The aped and the infant tongue 

f jnite in one liarir.onious song. .^HHl 

433 (First Part.) L. M. 

prciifcrfor the increase of WUssionarieSy Luke 
X. 2. 

ORD, when w^e cast our eyes abroad, • 
ij And see on heathen altars slain.. 
Poor helpless babes for sacrifice, 
To purge their parents' dismal st^n 





Missionaries. 



2 

We can't behold such horrid deeds 
^\lthout a groan of ardent pray'r : 
And while our hearts in anguish bleed 
We cry. Lord, send thy gospel there. 

3 

For them we pray, for them we waitj 
To them thy great salvation shew 5 
The harvest, Lord, is truly great, 
But laithfal labVers are but few. 

4 

O send our preachers, gracious Lordj. 
Among that dark bewilder- d race ; 
Open i!ieir eyes, and bless thy word, 
And call them by thy sov'reign grace. 

5 

[Then shall they shout thy lionour'd name^ 
^ And sound thy matchless praise abroad 3 
And we with them will join the theme, 
Salvation thro' our risen God."] 

433 (Slid. Part.) L, M. SlinM,. 

' 3.^ racier for the Light of the Gospel, Isaiah ii;. 
1,2. 

RISE, in all thy splendour. Lord, 
I^et pow'r attend thy gracious word ^ 
Unveil the beauties of thy face. 
And shew the glories of thy grace. 

2 

Diffuse thy light and truth abroad, 
And be thou knovv^n th' almighty God ; 
JVlake bare thine arm, thy powT display^ 
While truth and grace th}^ sceptre sway, 
3 

Send forth thy messengers of peace, 

I>iake Satan's reign, and empire cease • 

Let thy salvation, Lord, be known 

TJiat all the world thy pow'r may o.wxi. IT^ 




433 



MISSIONARIES. 



4 

fTho' darkness o er the earth pervades, 
And men are pluiig'd in dismal shades ; 
<Tod will arise, at the set tinie^ 
On ZioU; with a light divine. 

5 

Then nations, with his grace replete^ 
v^hall spread their trophies at his feet J 
ClothM with immortal bliss, to prove, 
1 he powV and greatness of his love.] 
6 

O may the triiirnphs of thy grace, 
Abound, while righteousness and peace 
In mild and lovely forms display 
The glories of the latter day. 

433 C. M. Gibbons. 

Cfmrch's Increase promised, Psalm ii. 
ATHEK, is not thy promise pledged 
To thine exalted Son^ 
5 hat thro' the nations of the earth 
Thy word of life shall run ? 

2 

Ask, and I'll give the heathen lands 
" For thine inheritance ; 
'j' And to the world's remotest shores, 
" Thine empire shall advance." 

3 

Hast thou not said, the blinded Jews 

Shall their Redeemer own ; 
While Gentiles to his standard crowd, 

And bow before his throne } 
4 

[Are not all kingdoms, tribes, and tongues, 

Under th' expanse of heav'n ; 
To the dominion of diy Son, 

Wjthuut exception giv'n.] 




MISSIONARIES. 



484 



From east to v/est, from north to soutlr, 

Then be his mine ailor'ci ; — 
Europe with all ihy millioas, shout 

ii osannas to thv Lord ! 

6 

Asia, and Africa, reso'uid 

From shore to shore his fame 5 

And tli.HU Imei-ica, in songs 
Redueniing love proclahii ! 

43i Gibbons. 

J*ray^r fnr ilic f^p read oj' the Gospel^ Psahn 

("i^U E AT God, the nations of the earthy 
y Are by creation thine : 
And in thy works, by all beheld^ 
Thv radiant glories shine, 
2 

But, Lord, thy greater love has sent 

Thy gospel to mankind ; 
Unveiling what rich stores of grace 

Are treasured in thy mind. 

3 

Lord, when shall these glad tidings sprea^^ 

The spacious earth around, 
Till ev'ry tribe, and ev'ry soul, 

Shall hear the joyful sound ? 

4 

[O when shall Ah'ic^s sable sons 

Enjoy the heav'rjly word, 
And vassal:^, long-enslav'd become 

The freemen of the Lord ? 

5 

When shah th' untutored Indian tribes 

•\ rl.i; ': b^^vildpr'd race, 
5h do .vn at jur Immanuers feet, 
And ieani and feel iiis grace ?j 



MISSlOxNARIES. 



6 

Haste^ sovVeign mercy, and transform 

Their cruelty to love ; 
Convert the tiger to a lamb, 

The vulture to a dove ! 

7 

Smilcj Lord, on each divine attempt 

To spread the gospePs rays ; 
And build on sins demolishM throne 

The temples of thy praise. 

435 C. M. Gibbons. 

Prayer for the Spread of the Gospel^ Psahm 
Ixxii. 7^ 8» 

LORD, send thy word, and let it fly, 
Arm'd with thy Spirit's pow'r j 
Then thousands shall confess its sway^ 
And bless the saving hour. 

2 

Beneath the influence of thy grace, 

The barren wastes shall rise, 
With sudden greens, and fruits array'd, 

A blooming paradise. 

3 

Tiiie holiness shall strike its root 

In each regenerate heart. 
Shall in a growth divine arise, 

And heavVily fruits impart. 

4 

Peace, with hef olives crown'd, shall stretch 

Her wings from shore to shore ; 
Ko trump shall rouse the rage of war, 

Nor murderous cannon roar, 

lord, for those days we wait;— those days 
Are in thy w@rd foretold y 



MISSIONARIES. 



Fly swifter, sun, and stars, and bring 
This promis'd age of gold ! 

6 

Amen, with joy divine, let earth's 
Unnumbered myriads cry ; 

Amen, with joy divine, let heav'n's 
Unnumber'd choirs reply ! 

436 S. M. Yoke. 

Address to Missionaries. 

YE messengers of Christ, 
His sov'reign voice obey ; 
Arise ! and follow where he leads j. 
And peace attend your way. 

2 

The master whom you serve 
Will needful strength bestow 5 
Depending on his promis'd aid. 
With sacred courage go. 

3 

Mountains shall sink to plains, 
And hell in vain oppose ; 
The cause is God's, and must prevail, 
In spite of all his foes. 

4 

Go, spread a Saviour's fame 5 
And tell his matchless grace 
To the most guilty and deprav'd 
Of Adam's numerous race. 

5 

We wish you in his name, 
The most divine success ; 
Assured that he who sends you forth^ 
W^iil your endeavours bless. 

6 

f When you from us depart, 
To cross the boisterous main } 



437 



MISSIONARIES. 



We then will bear you on our hearts, 
And hope to meet again.] 

437 8. 7* 4. Kirkham^s Col. 

Longing for the Spread of the Gospel^ Isaial 
Ix. 4. 5. 

^'ER those gloomy hills of darkness, 
Lookj my soul, be still and gaze ) 
All the promises do travail 
With a glorious day of grace : 
Blessed jubilee, 

Let thy glorious morning dawn ! 

2 

Let the Indian, let the Negro, 
Let the rude Barbarian see 
That divine and glorious conquest) 
Once obtain M on Calvary ^ 
Let the gospel, 

Soon resound from pole to pole. 

3 

Kingdoms wide, that sit in darkness, 
Grant them, Lord, the glorious light, 
And from eastern coast to western. 
May the morning chase the night 5 
And redemption. 
Freely purchased, win the day, 
4 

[May the glorious day approachin^,- 
Thine eternal love proclaim. 
And the everlasting gospel, 
Spread abroad tliy holy name. 
O'er the borders, 
Of the great Immanuel's land.] 
5 

F]y abroad thou mighty gospel, 
Win -imx conquer, never cease ; 
iiay thy lasting wide domimoas, 




MORNLNG HYMNS. 438 



Multipl}', and still increase 3 

Sway thy sceptre, 

Saviour, all the world around. 



AWRjYLVG. 
438 L. M. Unwin. 

Mornitig Hymn^ Psalm xix. 

BEHOLD, the sun adorns the sky, 
And darts his cheering ra3-s on high ! 
From east to west, in glorious march. 
He gilds the wide expansive arch. 

2 

The warbling larks, in triumph mountj 
And all the scenes of morn recount ; 
While sounding groves and vallies ringj 
With praise, to heaven's eternal King. 

3 

Begin, my soul the morning song ; 
Let thankfulness inspire thy tongue; 
The kindness of thy God pi'oclaim, 
And tell the wonders of his name* 

4 

Sing how this hand thy life defends, 
And for thy guard his angel sends : 
In grateful praise his name adore. 
When fleeting days shall be no more. 

5 

[Yes, O my God ! thy glorious name, 
My soul shall thro' the day proclaim ; 
ni bear thy kindness on my heart, 
While ev Vy pow'r performs its part.] 



439,440 MORNING HYMNS. 

439 CM. Steele altered. 

Morning Humn, Fsalm iii. 5. 
OD of my life, my morning song 



To thee I clieerfui raise : 
Thy acts of love 'tis good to sing, 
And pleasant 'tis to praise. 

2 

Preserved by the alinig]ity arm, 

I pass'd the shades of night, 
Serene, and safe from ev'ry harm, 

To see the morning- ]i^jht. 

o 

While numbers spent the night in sigiis^ 

And restless pains a id woes ; 
In gentle sleep I clos'd my eyes, 

And rose from sweet repose. 

4 ' 

When sleep, death's image o'er spread; 

And I unconscious la^^, 
Thy watchful care was round my bed^ 

To guard my feeble clay. 

5 

O let the saiTre almighty care 

Thro' all this day attend : 
From ev'ry danger, ev'ry snare, 

My heedless steps defend. 

6 

Smile on my minutes as the}^ roll, 

And guide my future days; 
And let thy goodness fill my soul 

With gratitude and praise. 

440 8. ScofL 

Mornino- Hymn^ Psalm iii. ^ 
I EE how the rising sun 
Pursues ills sliining way 5 




MORNING HYMNS. 



And wide proclaims his iMaker's praise, 
I VV^ith ev'ry bright'ning ray. 
I 2 

Thus would my rising soul 
Its heav'niy parent sing 5 
And to its great original 
The humble tribute bring. 

3 ^ 

Serene I laid me down 

Beneath liis guardian care; 
j!J slept, and I awoke, and found 
|jjP|My kind preserver near ! 

Thus does thine arm support 
This weak defenceless frame ; 

\ But whence these favours. Lord, to me^ 

; So worthless as I am f 

I 5 

! hcv/ shall I repay 
The bounties of my God ? 

This feeble spirit pants beneath 
The pleasing, painful load. 

6 

I P Dear Saviour, to thy cross 

1 bring my sacrifice ; 

Ting'd with thy blood, it shall ascend 
With fragrance to the skies. 

7 

I My life 1 would anew 
I Devote, O Lord, to thee ; 
And in thy presence I would spend 
A long eternity. 

441 8. 8. 6. Knight 

Maiming ILjnnij Prov. iii. 24. 

C\ NCE more my eyes behold the day, 
And to my God, my soul would pay 
lis tributary lays ; 



442 MOURNERS BLESSED. 



O may the life preserved by thee^ 
With all its pow'rs, and blessings be 
Devoted to thy praise. 

2 

Beneath the shadow of thy wings, 
(IsraeFs great keeper, King of kings,) 

My weary head found rest : . ^ 

No dire alarms, or racking pains. 
Devouring flames, or galling chains^ 

Disturb my peaceful breast. 

3 

How many since I laid me down 
Have launch'd into a world unknown^ 

To meet a dreadful doom ; 
While some on watery billows tossM^ 
Or wand'ring on an unknown coast, 

Have sigh'd in vain for home. 

4 

But, I am spar'd to see thy face^ 
A monument, of saving grace. 

And live to praise thy name : 
Still be thou near, my gracious Lord, 
To keep and guide ; — and by thy word 

Peace, to my soul proclaim. 

5 

[Let me enjoy thy presence here, 
In ev'ry storm my heart to cheer, 

Till thou shalt bid me rise. 
Where sin and sorrow never come, 
Till at my blest eternal home, 

I wake in sweet surprise.] 

~ MOUim^FJiS' " 
443 L. M. 

Blessed are tliey it} at mourn ^ Matt. v. 4. 
il Y, mourning suul why ficw these tears? 
Why; thus iadalge thy doubts and lear^^ ? 



NAAMAN HEALED. 44S 



took to thy Saviour, on the tree, 
Who bore the load of guilt for thee» 
2 

Then cease thy sorrow, banish grief, 
Tho' thou of sinners, art the chief ! 
The wounds that make poor sinners grieve 
Are heaPd when they in Christ believe. 
3 

Whom Jesus wounds, he wounds to heal, — 
O ! ^tis a mercy thus to feel ; 
There's none can mourn, while dead in sia 
Thine are the marks of life within. 

4 

Be of good cheer, on Christ rely. 
He'll pass thy great transgressions by ; 
And guide thee safely by his hand, 
Till thou shalt reach fair Canaan's land, 
5 

There shalt thou sing his dying love, 
With all the ransomM throng above 5 
And in exalted, joyful lays. 
The Father, Son^ and Spirit, praise, 

443 S, M. Fellows. 

Namnan healed, 2 Kings, v. 1—14. 
HEN Syria's leprous chief 

From fair Damascus came 3 / 
Fir'd with the hopes of sure relief^ 
By great Elisha's fame. 

2 

The holy prophet stood 
Attentive to his strain ; 
And bid him wash in Jordan's iiooci; 
And instantly be clean. 

3 

[The means of cure appear'd 
So humbling to his pride ^ 




444 NAOMn 

With high disdain the warrior heard^ 
And sternly thus reply'd : 
4 

To wash in Jordan's strearas, 
^' I can't approve as meet, 
When Pharpar's streams are know^n to lai^ 

My own Damascus' feet 
5 

What business have J here, 
" Far from my native place ? 
•* Could I not wash in water there, 
^* And there receive the grace.'^j 
6 

Thus men neglect the use ^^^^i 
Of means Vvhich Ood makes known -IHHIB 
And in their room, would introduce^ 
Inventions of their ov. n. 

7 

O ! give me wisdom, Lord^^ 
Thy holy ways to prize ; 
And follow thy commanding word, 
However men despise. 



JSAOML 



444^ 7s. Brackenbury'^s Col. 

JSaomij and her two Daughters-iu' Laic^ Ruth u 
11—17. 

TURN again, my daughters, turn, 
Wherefore would you go with me ? 
O forbear — forbear to mournj ^glUUlt 
Jesiis wills it so to be : — 

\¥hv,'' when (Tod would have us part, 
" Weep ye tlras^ aiid break my heart 



KAOMl. 



444 



2 

See — Thy sister is gone back, 
To her gods, cincl people, dear ; 
Weeping soul ! — a wretch forsake, 
Why shouldst thou iuy sorrows bear? 
T urn — and let thy troubles cease^ 
Go, return, my child, in peace. 

3 

O ! intreat me not to leave 

Thee — my faithful guide and friend : 

Let me ahvays to thee cleave, 

Let me hold thee to the end : 

Thy own child in Christ 1 am, 

Follow thee, as thou the Lamb. 

4 

[Never will I cease to mourn, 
Till my Lord, thy tears shall dryj 
Kever back from thee return, 
ISever from my mother fly ; — 
Do not ask me to depart, 
Do not break my bleeding heait.] 
5 

Where thou goest,I will go, 1 
Thine shall be my souPs abode ^ 
Thine shall be my weal or w^oe. 
Thine my people and my God : 
Where thou diest, there will I 
Lay my weary head, and die. 

6 

There will I my burial have. 
(If it be the Saviour's will :) 
Sleeping in a common grave. 
Till the quick'ning trump 1 feel : 
Call'd with thee to leave the tomb,, 
Summoned to our happy home. 



446 



DIVINE MERCY. 



r 

[God, do so to me, and more^ 
If from thee my guide, I part 5 
Till the mortal pang is o'er 
Wili I hold thee in my heart : 
And when I from earth remove, 
JMeet thee in the realms above.] 

446 L. M. Steele. 

Pleading Divine Mercy, 
*^^7~HILE justice waves her vengeful hand; 
) f Tremendous o'er a guilty land; 
Almighty God, thy awful pow'r 
With fear and trembling we adore. 

2 

Where shall we fly but to thy feet ? 
Our only refuge is thy seat 5 
Thy seat, where potent mercy pleads^ 
And holds thy thunder from our heads* 
3 

While peace and plenty bless'd our dayS; 
Where was the tribute of thy praise ? 
Ungrateful race ! how^ have we spent 
The blessings which thy goodness lent ? 

4 

Look down, O Lord ! with pitying eye ! 
Tho^ loud our crimes for veng'ance cry. 
Let mercy's louder voice prevail, 
Nor thy Ion g-suff 'ring patience fail. 

5 

Encourag'd by thy sacred word, 
May we not plead thy promise. Lord 5 
That w4ien an humble nation mourns, 
Thy rising wrath to pity turns ? 

6 

O let thy sovereign grace impart 
Contrition to each rocky heart 5 



NATIONAL WAR* 447 



And bid sincere repentance flow, 
In gen'ralj undissembled woe. 

[Fair smiling peace, again restore^ 
With plenty bless the pining poor : 
And may a happy, thankful landj 
Obedient own thy guardian hand.] 

447 L, Davies. 

'National Mercies pleaded^ Amos iii. 1—6, 

WHILE o'er our guilty land, O Lord, 
We view the terrors of thy sword : 
I O ! whither shall the helpless fly : 
' To whom, but thee, direct their ciy ! 

2 

The helpless sinner's cries and^ tears 
Are grown familiar to thine ears 5 
Oft has thy mercy sent relief, % 
When all w^as f^ar and hopeless grief. 

3 

j On thee, our guardian God, we call^ 
' Before thy throne of grace we fall 5 
! And is there no delivVance there, 
I And must we perish in despair? 
I 4 
I See, we repent, we weep, we mourftj 
i 'To our forsaken God we turn ; 
j O spare our guilty country, spare 
The church which thou hast planted her^i 
5 

We plead thy grace, indulgent God ; 
vVe plead thy Son's atoning blood : 
We plead thy gracious promises, 
fVnd are they unavailing pletis ? 

6 

These pleas, ))resented at thy throne, 
Have brought ten thousand blessings dowri^ 



448 NATIONAL WAR. 



On guiltless lands in helpless woe ; 
Let them prevail to save us too. 

418 ( t St. Pan.) L. M. Steel 

Prayer for Victory in Psalm cviii. 11.13. 

LORD, how sliall wretched sinners dare 
r^ook up to thy divine abode 
Or offer their imperfect pray'r^ 
Before a just, a holy God ? '^jjl^^ 

Bright terrors guard thy awful seat^ 
And dazzling glories veil thy face 5 
Yet mercy calls us to thy feet, 
Thy throne is still a throne of grace. 

3 

O may our souls thy grace adore, 
May Jesus plead our humble claim^ 
While ^ly protection we implore, 
In his prevailing, glorious name ! 

[With all the boasted pomp of war 
In vain we dare the hostile field 5 
In vain, unless the Lord be there ; 
Thy arm alone is Freemen's shield. 

5 

Let past experience of thy care ^^^^ 
Support our hope, our trust invite ! IMRj 
Again attend our humble pray'r ! 
Again be mercy thy delight ! 

6 

Our arms succeed, our councils guide, 
Let thy right hand our cause maintain 5 
Till war's destructive rage subside, 
And peace resume her gentle reign.] 
7 

O when shall time the period bring. 
When raging war shall waste no more ; 



NATIONAL WAR. 448,449 



When peace shall stretch her balmy wing 
Round the wide earth from shore to shore. 
8 

When shall the gospel's healing ray, 
I ^Kind source of amity divine : J 
! * Spread o'er the world celestial day ? 

When shall the nations, Lord, be thine ? 

448 (2nd. Part) M. 

Prayer for Peace, Deut. xxiii. 9* 

GREAT Ruler of the earth and skies, 
Hear thou our SLipplicating cries : 
A nation bows before thy face, 
Thro' all her coasts, and seeks thy grace. 
2 

No arm of flesh we make our trust, 
No sword, nor horse, nor ships we boast ^ 
Thine is the land, and thine the main. 
And human force and skill is vain. 

3 

Our guilt might draw thy veng'ance down^ 
I On ev'ry shore, on ev'ry town ; 
I But view us. Lord, with pitying eye, 

And lay thy lifted veng'ance by- 
4 

O hear our pray'rs, and grant us aid, 
Heal the sad breach which sin has made 5 
! Bid noise and war, and discord cease, 
And bless our nation, Lord, with peace, 

449 C. M. Gibbons. 

\ ^Praise for Victory in IFar, 2 Kings, vii, 6, 
1 ^'t 1 10 thee who reign'st supreme above, 
JL And reign'st supreme below, 
Thou God of wisdom, pow^r, and love, 
We our successes owe. 

U 



451 NATIONAL WAR. 

2 

The tbund'ririg horse, the martial band.. 

Without thine aid were vain ; 
And victory flies at thy command 

To crown the bright campaign. 

3 

Thy mighty arm unseen was nighj 

When we our foes assaiFd ; 
'Tis thou hast raised our honours high; 

And o'er their hosts preraiFd. 

4 

Their mounds, their camps, their lofty tow'rs^^ 

Into our hands are giv'n 5 
INot from desert, or strength of ours 

But thro' the grace of h^av'n. 

5 

What tho' no columns lifted high 
Stand deep inscribed with praise ; 

Yet sounding honours to the sky 
Our grateful tongues shall raise. 

6 

[We to our children will proclai|p 

The mercies God has shown. 
That they may learn to bless his name. 

And choose him for their own. 

7 

Thus, while we sleep in silent dust, 

When threatening dangers come, 
Their father's God shall be their trust, 

Their refuge, and their home.] 

451 (First Pt.) C. M. Scoit, 

National Fast, Gen. xviii. 23 — 32, 
HEN Abrah'm full of sacred awe, 
Before Jehovah stood. 
And, with an humble fervent pray'r, 
For guilty Sodom sued ; 





NATIONAL WAR. 451 



2 

With what succesSj what wondrous grace, 

Was his petition crown'd ! 
The Lord would spare, if in the place 

Ten righteous men were found. 

3 

And could a single holy soul 

So rich a gift obtain ? 
Great God, and shall a nation pray^ 

And plead whh thee in vain ? 

4 

Still are we thine, w^e bear thy name, 

Here yet is thine abode ; 
Long has thy presence blessM our land ; 

Forsake us not, O God ! 

451 (Second Pt ) C. M. 

Deploring War^ Jer. xlvii, 6. 

DESTRUCTIVE sword ! how oft hastthoa 
Been bath'd in human blood ! 
What cities, fields, and seas have been 
Stain'd with the crimson flood ! 

2 

All-gracious God ! permit our souls^ 

Imprest with human woe, 
With thee to plead, how long, how long, 

Shall this wide deluge flow ? 

3 

£How long shall brethren's hands imbru'df" 

With blood, each other slay ? 
The field with ghastly corpses strew'dj 

Of man to man a prey,] 
4 

To punish crimes, tho' justly due. 

Shall veng'ance ever burn ? 
Back to the scabbard, whence it fleWj 

Sword of the Lord, return. 



454,455 ORDINATION, Sz^. 

5 

Thou God of hosts, whose sov'reign will^ 

Controuls the swelling flood ; 
The madness of the people stilly 

And bring from evil, good. 

G 

O may the Spirit's mighty sword, 

Our lusts subdue and slay ; 
Then force and war shall yield to love^ 

And each from love obey. 

454 L. M. Davies. 

Ckrist the one Thing Needful , Luke x. 42» 

O! WERE my heart but forrnM for woe, 
What streams of pitying tears should flow^ 
To see the thoughtless sons of men 
Labour, and toil, and live in vain ! 

2 

One thing is i» needful, one alone ; 
If this be ours, all is our own : 
'Tis needful now, 'twill needful be 
In death, and thro' eternity. 

3 

Without it, we are all undone, 
Tho' we may call the world our own i 
Not all the joys of time and sense 
Can countervail the loss immense. 

4 

Great God! that pow'rful grace of thine^ 
Which rons'd a soul so dead as mine, 
Can rouse these thoughtless sinners too 
The one thing needful to pursue. 

.^^^^^^ OHDIJsATIOjY. ^ 
455 L. M. Doddridge. 

Seeking Direction in the Choice of a Pastori 
^HEPHERD of Israel, bend thine ear, 
1^ Thy semuts' groans indulgent hear;, 



I 



ORDINATION. 



Perplex'd, distressed, to lliee we cry, 
And seek the guidance of thine eye. 

2 

Send forth, O Lord, thy truth and ligh% 
Vo guide our doubtful footsteps right : 
Our drooping hearts, O God, sustain. 
Nor let us seek thy face in vain. 

3 

Return, in ways of peace, retiirn, 
Nor let th}^ flock neglected mourn ; 
May oiu' bless'd eyes a shepherd see, 
Dear to our souls and dear to thee ! 

456 L. M. Doddiidge. 

At the Settlement of a Minister, Jer, iii. 1 
^11 EPIIERD of Israel, thou dost keep, 
k3 With constant care, thy humble sheep j 
By thee inferior pastors rise 
To feed our souls, and bless our eyes. 

2 

To all thy churches such impart, 
Resembling thy own gracious heart ; 
Whose courage, watchfulness, and lovef 
Men may attest, and God approve. 

3 

Fed by their active, tender care, 
Healthful may all thy sheep appear 5 
And, by their fair example led, 
The way to Sion's pasture tread ! 

4 

Here hast thou listened to our vows, 
And scatter'd blessings on thy house ; 
Thy saints are succourM, and no more 
As sheep witliout a guide, deplore. 

5 

Completely heal each former stroke. 
And bless the shepherd and the flock j 



457, 458 ORDINATION. 



Confirm the hopes thy mercies raise, 
And own this tribute of our praise. 

457 C. M. Williams. 

Fraisefor a Pastor, after tJie dc erase of anotkef, 
I O thy great name, O Prince of peace ! 
Our grateful song we raise ; 
Accept, thou Sun of righteousness. 
The tribute of our praise. 

2 

In widow'd state, these walls no more 
Their mourning weeds shall wear : 

Thy messenger shall joy restore. 
And evVy loss repair. 

3 

Thy providence our souls admire^ ^^^^1^^ 
With joy its windings trace, ^fM|PP 

And shout, in one united choir^ 
The triumphs of thy grace ! 

4 

Our happy union. Lord, maintain, 

Here let thy presence dwell ; 
And thousands, loos'd from Satan's chain^ 

Raise from the brink of hell. 

5 

May purity be here maintained, 

Peace Hke a river flow, 
And pious zeal, and love unfeign'd, 

In ev'ry bosom glow. 

458 L, M. Radford's Col 

The people' s Fray er for their Pastor, 
"ITIi heav'nly pow'r, O Lord, defend 
Him, whom we now to thee commend } 
His person, bless, his soul secure, 
And muk© him to the end endure. 



ORDINATION. 



2 

Gird him witli all-sufRcient grace ; 
Direct his feet in paths of peace ; 
Thy truth and faithfuhiess fuh'il. 
And help him to ohey thy will. 

3 

Before him thy protection send, 
O love him, save him to the end ! 
Nor let him J as thy pilgrim rove, 
Without the convoy of thy love. 

Enlarge, infiamej and fill his heart ; 
In him thy mighty pow'r exert : 
That thousaiids yet unborn may praise 
The wonders of redeeming grace. 

459 C. M. Doddridge^ 

After the Charge^ Heb. xiii. 17* 

IET Sion's watchmen all awake, 
^ And take th' alarm they give ; 
Now let them, from the mouth of God^ 
Their solemn charge receive. 

2 

^Tis not a cause of small import 

The pastor's care demands ! 
But what might fill an angeFs heart, 

And filFd a Saviour's hands. 

S 

They watch for souls, for which the Lord 
Did heav'nly bliss forego ; — 

For souls which must for ever live- 
In raptures, or in woe. 

4 

May they, that Jesus whom they preachy 

Their own Redeemer see ; 
And watch thou daily o'er their souls, 

That they may watch Ibr thee. 



461 ORDINATION. 



460 7s. Hammond. 

After the Charge^ Prov. xi. 30, 

WOULD you win a soul to God ? 
Tell him of a Saviour's bloed | 
Sajj how Jesu's bowels move j 
Tell him of redeeming love. 

2 

£Tell him how the streams did glid^ 
From his hands, his feet, his side ; 
How his head, with thorns was crown'cf^ 
'And his heart in sorrow drown'd,] 
3 

Tell him how he suffered death j 
Freely yielded up his breath 3 
Died, and rose to intercede, 
As our advocate and head. 

Tell him it Was sovereign grace, 
Wrought on you to seelc his face ^ 
Made you choose the better part-^ 
JBrought salvation to your heart. 

5 

Tell him of that libert}^, 
Wherewith Jesus makes us free ^ 
Sweetly speak of sins forgiv'n, 
J^arnest of the joys of heaven. 

461 L. M. 5« — 

Out'Door fFors/(t2p, McU-k xvi. 15» 
^ r 1 1 WAS Jesu's last and great command, 
JL " Go, preach my word in ev'ry land 
To all be my salvation shewn, 
Toev'ry creature make it known, 
2 

While thus employ'd, expect my grace 
Attending you from place to place : 



PARDON. 



462 



^* Where'er you. meet, expect me there, 
In church, or house^ or open ah\'^ 
3 

Commission'tl thus, we come abroad^ 
To preach the gospel of our God : 
The love of God, m Christ, to tell ! 
The love, that saves frona sin and hell, 
4 

Jesus, our L.ord ! thy vvord fulfd. 
Thy Spirii's povv'r be vrith us still : 
!^lay all our souls ihy blessing share 
Accept our praise, and h^ar our pray V. 



PARDO.X 
163 (First Part) L. M. Gibbom, 

Thij Sins are forgiven tJieey Luke vii. 4/) 48,. 

FORGIVENESS ! 'tis a joyful sound^ 
To rebel sinners doom'd to die : 
Publish the bliss the world around 
Ye seraphs J shout it from the sky ! 

2 

' Tis the rich gift of love divine : 
"Tis full, out-measuring ev'ry crime : 
Unclouded shall its glories shine, 
And feel no change by changing time* 
3 

O'er sins, unbounded as the sand, 
And like the mountains for their size, 
The seas of sovereign grace expand 5-?^ 
The seas of sovereign grace arise. 

4 

.F or this stupendous love of heav'n. 
What grateful honour shall we show ? 
U 2 



462 



PARDON 



Where much transgression is forgiv'n^ 
Love will in equal ardours glow. 

5 

^ Cheer'd by the hopes of pard'ning grace 
1 come, thy mercy. Lord, to pro\ e 3 
Like weeping Mary, let me taste 
A pledge of thy forgiving lov e.'— 

463 (Second Part) C. M. Hart, 

Mercy, Luke vii. 41, 42. 

MERCY is welcome news indeed^ 
To those that guilty stand 5 
Wretches, who feel the help they need, 
Will bless the helping hand. 

2 

£Who rightly would his alms dispose 

Must give them to the poor : 
^one, but the wounded patient, kno\^^ 

The comforts of a cure.] 
3 

We all have sinn'd against our God | 

Exception none can boast ; 
But he, that feels the heaviest load, 

Will prize forgiveness most. 

4 

No reckoning can we rightly keep ; 

For who the sum can know ? 
6ome souls are fifty talents deep, 

And some five hundred owe, 
5 

4>ut, let our debts be what they may. 

However great, or small 5 
As soon as we have nought to pay, 

Our Lord forgives us all. 

6 

pTis perfect poverty, alone, 
Tbat sets the soui at large : 




PARDON. 462, 46a 

While we can call one mite our own, 
We have no full discharge,] 

(3(1 Ft.) C. xM. fFatts' altered 

bif Gibbons. 

Pardon and Sanctiji cation in Christ r 

IS there no shelter from the wrath 
Of an offended God ? — ^ 
Jesus, to tli}' dear cross I fly, 
Thy guilt-atoning blood. 

I bless that stream that cries for peace 

From ev'ry bleeding vein ; — ■ 
Yet is my soul but lialf redeemed, 

If sin. the tyrant, reign. 

S 

Lord, crush his empire^ — bid his throne 

F roDi its foundation fall ; — 
Ye flatt'ring plagues^ that wrought my deatli^ 

Fly, for 1 hate you all. 

4 

Now to the Lamb, whose pow'r and grace. 

Lift our bright hopes to heavm, 
In songs above, and songs below, 

Be endless glory giv"n. 

433 L. M. Cennick altered^ 

Seeking Pardon, Psalm xxvii. 8. 

LORD, at thy feet 1 prostrate fall, 
Opprest with fears, to thee 1 call ; 
Reveal thy pardoning love to me. 
And set my captive spirit free. 

2 

Hast thou not said, Seek ye my face 5 
The invitation I embrace ; 
ril seek thy face — t'ly Spirit give ! 
vO let nic see tliy f u e, ivnd live. 



464 



PARDON. 



3 

Fll wait ; perhaps my Lord may comej 
f back I turiij hell is my doom ! — 
And begging, in his way I'll lie 
Till the sweet hour he passeth by.] 
4 ^ 

I'll seek his face, with cries and tears, 
^Vith secret sighs, and fervent pray'rs 5 
And, if not heard^ — I'll waiting sit. 
And perish at my Saviour's feet. 

5 

s]ut canst tho'ii, Lord ! see all m}^ pain, 
And bid me seek thy face in vain ? 
Thou wilt not, canst not, me deceive, — 
The soul that seeks thy face, shall live. 

6 

p Then venture^ O my soul, in pray'r, 
For none can perish, pleading here : 
The blood of Christ, that crimson sea, 
Shall wash thy load of guilt away.'J 

464 (1st. Ft.) C. M. Jones. 

Successf ul Resolvcy Esther iv. 1 6. 

COME, humble sinner, in whose breast 
A thousand thoughts revolve, 
Come, with your guilt and fear opprest. 
And make this last resolve 
2 

^' I'll go to Jesus^ tho' m.y sin 

" Haih like a mountain rose ; 
" 1 know his courts, I'll enter in^ 
Whatever may oppose. 

3 

" Prostrate I'll lie before his throne, 
" And there my guili confess 5 
ni tell him Fm a wretch undone., 
*^ Wiikout *ov*rcign grace* 



PARDON. 464 

4 

I'll to the gracious King approach. 

Whose sceptre pardon gives : 
Periiaps he may command my touchy 
And then the suppliant lives.] 
5 

Perhaps he will admit my plea, 

Periiaps will hear my pray-r s 
But if I perish, I will pray, 

And perish only there. 

6 

^- I can but perish if I go ; 

I am resolv'd to try ; 
^' For if I stay av/ay, 1 knoWj 

I mast forever die/'' 
7 

But if [ die, with mercy sought, 

When I the King have try'd : 
This were to die, (delightful thought !) 

As sinner never dy'd. 

46i (2nd. Part.) L. M. Bavies. 

Pardoning God, JMicah vii. 18. 

GRE AT God of wonders ! all thy wa3's 
Are matchless, godlike, and divine ^ 
But the fair glories of thy grace 
Jlore godlike and unrivalTd shine : 
Chorus. 

Who is a pard'ning God like thee ? 
O who has grace so rich and free ? 

o 

Crimes of such horror to forgive, 
Sueh jiuilty, daring worms to spare, 
This is thy grand prerogative, 
And none shall in the honour share : 
3 

Angels and men resign your claim 
To pity, mercy, lo , e and ^race } 



,465 



PARDON. 



These glories crown Jehovah's nam^ 
AVith an incomparable blaze : 
4 

In wonder lost, with trembling joy, 
We take the pardon of our God ; 
Pardon tor crimes of deepest dye, 
A pardon seal'd with Jesu's blood : 
5 

O may this strange, this matchless grace, 
This godlike miracle of love, 
Fill the wide earth with grateful praise, 
And all th' angelic choirs above ! 

465 C. M. Green. 

Parents^ Prayer for their Children^ Gen. 

ir. 

THUS did the pious Abrah'm pray 
For his beloved son : 
Let parents in the present day 
His language make their own* 
2 

Tho' they whh God in covenant be, 
And have their heav'n in view ; 

They are unhappy, 'till they see 
Their children happy too. 

3 

[Their hearts with inward anguish bleed, 
When all attempts prove vain. 

And they pursue those paths, that lead 
To everlasting pain. 

4 

They wani, indube, correct, beseech, 

While tears in torrents flow; 
And 'tis beyond the pov> 'r of speech 

To tell the griefs they know. 

5 

^Tili they can see victorious grace 
Their children's souls possess : 



PARDON. 



466 



The sparkling wit, the smiling face^ 
But adds to their distress.] 
6 

See the fond father clasp his child } 
Mark ! how his bowels move : 
Shall thou, my offspring, be exiPd 
" From God, my Father's love ?--^ 
7 

Shall cruel spirits drag thee down 
" To darkness and despair ; 
Beneath th' Almighty's angry frown^ 
To dwell for ever there ? — 
8 

Kind heav'n, the dreadful scene forbid ! 

J^ook down, dear Lord, and bless 5 
I'll wrestle hard, as Abrah'm did, 
" May 1 obtain success 

466 L. M. Gihhons. 

Patience^ Luke xxi. 19. 

PATIENCE ! 0, "tis a grace divine ! 
Sent from the God of pow'r and lovej 
That le:ins upon its father's hand^ 
As thro' the wilderness we move. 

2 

By patience, we serenely bear 
The troubles of our mortal state^ 
And wait contented our dischat'ge, 
Nor think our glory comes too late. 

3 

Tho' we, in full sensation, feel 
The weight, the wounds, our God ordains^ 
We smile amidst our heaviest woes, 
And triumph in our sharpest pains*. 

4 

O for this grace, to aid our souls ! 
And €irm with fortitude the breast ^j; 



467 



PARDON. 



^Till life's tumultuous voy'ge is o'er — 
We reach the shores of endless rest ! 

5 

Faith into vision shall resign ; 
Hope shall in full fruition die ; 
And patience in possession end, 
In the bright worlds of bliss on high. 

467 7s Hammond 

Pefiitent seeking Christ, Can. ii. 

GRACIOUS Lordj incline thine eai 
My requests vouchsafe to hear ; 
Sore distress'd with guilt am I ; 
Give me Christ, or else I die. 

2 

Wealth and honor I disdain. 
Earthly comforts, all are Vciin ; 
These can never satisfy ; 
Give me Christ or else I die. 

3 

Lord, deny me what thou wilt ; 
Only take away my guilt ; 
Mourning at thy feet I lie ; 
Give me Christ, or else I die. 

4 

All unholy and unclean, 
I am nothing else but sin ^ 
On thy mercy I rely ; 
Give me Christ, or else I die. 

5 

Thou dost freely save the lost ; 
In thy grace alone I trust ; 
With my earnest suit comply 5 
Give me Christy or else I die* 
6 

fO, my God, what shall f say ? 
Take, O take my sins away j 



PARDO]^, 



468 



^esu's blood to me appl}-, 
Give me Christ, or else I die.] 



7 



Father, dost thou seem to frown ? 
I take shelter ia thy Son ; 
Jesus ! to thine arms I fly ; 
6^ome and save me, or I die. 

468 8. 7. fMvidge's CoU 

Peru tent suing for Par doily Job xiii. 15v 
A YIOUR, canst thou love a traitor ? 



k3 Canst thou love a chiid of wrath t 
Can a hell-deserving creature, 
Be the purchase of thy death ? 



Here then is my resolution, 
I At thy dearest feet to fall ; 
Here Fll meet my condemnation, 
Or a freedom from my thrall. 




I ■ 2 . 

! Is thy blood so efficacious, 
I . As to make my nature clean ? 
I Is thy sacrifice so precious, 
1 As to free me from my sin ? 

! . . ^ 

I Sin, on ev'ry side surrounds me 5 
I No acquittance can I hear; 
I Pangs of unbelief confound me. 
Help me. Lord, my grief to bear. 

4 



5 



[Now deny thy grace and mercy^ 
j If thou canst, to wretched me 5 
I ' Lay aside thy love and pity, 

If thou canst, and let me die !] 



G 



If I meet with condemnation, 
Justly I deserve the samej 



469 PERSECUTION. 



If I meet with free salvation, 
t will magnify thy name. 

" PERSECUriOX. 



469 (First Part) L. M. 

Blessed are tlieyiohirh are persecuted^ Matt. \% 
10—12. 

FEAR not ye little chosen flock. 
You're safe in Christj th^ eternal Rock : 
Yon are the purchase of his blood, 
Lov'dj and redeemed, and calFdofGod. 
2 

Tho' earth and hell against you rage. 
He for your souls will still engage ^ 
To prove the work is all divine. 
He'll make your graces brighter shine. 

3 

[When devils roar, it oft does prove 
A time of sovVeign, special love ; 
And sinners at thy footstool fall. 
To crown the Saviour " Lord of All.^'J 
4 

Ye chosen flock, go on to pray, 
Grace shall be equal to your day ; 
He will his glorious truths defend, 
And prove your everlasting friend. 

469 (Second Fart J L. M. 

Safety under Persecution^ Rom. viii. 35* 

WilY should we fear a frowning world, 
Altho' the earth's foundations shake 3 
The rocks into the sea be hurFd, 
And nature all in pieces break. 

2 

The Lord, Jehovah's our defence^ 
His love supports our sinking heaf t3 .* 

i i 




PERSECUTION. 



The rock of his Omnipotence, 
Immortal joy and strength imparts. 

3 

Thro' flames of fire we safely go, 
Receive no harm, and feel no pain ; 
The waves cannot our heads overflow, 
When crossing the tempestuous main. 

4 

Thro' seas of blood, and fields of death. 
We march with dauntless courage on ; 
Immortal, 'till God takes our breath, 
Immortal, 'till our work is done. 

470 L. M. Peacock. 

StepJten'^s Death, Acts vi. 15. Ch. vii. 56 

WHAT tender pity, love and care, 
F or suff Ting saints doth Jesus bear 
While they his glorious name confess, 
Midst persecution and distress. 

2 

Tho' by th' oppressor's rod they smarts- 
See the Redeemer still impart 
His consolations all divine — 
W ith cheerful beams their faces shine. 

3 

Thus Stephen, the first martyr, dies^ 
To truth a joyful sacrifice ; 
To vindicate the cause of God, 
He seals the gospel with his blood* 
4 

Lo ! on his countenance appears 
Such radiance as an angel wears 5 
Reflected rays of glory bright. 
Meet the spectators wondering sio-ht, 
5 

Not death, with all its dread array, 
His hcav'n born sou! coiili e'er dismay 5 



471 PERSEVERANCE. 



Jesus, the saint expiring, cheers, 
And to his raptur'd sight appears. 

" 6 

Behold,'^ he cries, heav'n's gate expand-^- 
^* Exahed see, at God's right liand, 
^' The Son of man, with glory crown'd^ 

And the bright seraphim around.'^ 
7 

Thus would the view of Jesu's face, 
Each fear disarm, each terror chase; 
Thus blest w ith joy, we yield our breath, 
Triumphing o'er the monster, death. 

471 (First Part) C. M. Gibbons. 

Final Perseverance^ 1 Feter i. 5-. 

THE intercessions of our Lord, 
His people's safety prove, 
And to the end he loves the souls 
Whom first he deign M to love I 
2 

Father/' he cries, in his last hours, 
My brethren I commend # 

To thy protection : — from the snares 
Of death, and hell, defend. 

O, sanctify them by thy w^ord, 
" Unite them all to thee, 

'Till, gathered home by death, at lengtk ' 
" They thy salvation see.] 

^* Father, ^tis my desire, that all 

" Whom thou to me hast giv'n, 7^ 
^ Behold my glory, and enjoy 

" With me an endless heav'n." 

5 

Thus Jesus pray'd, nor shall his pray'rs. 
Be blown away, and lost. 



POOR IN SPIRIT BLESSED. 471, 472 

Christians, rejoice, your landing's sure 
On the celestial coast. 

471 (and. Part ) C. M. Fawcett. 

I Feter^s fall and recovery^ l^uke xxii. 54 — 62* 

HOW feeble human efforts prove 
J Against tf^mptation^s powV ! 

Ev'n Peter's flaming zeal and love 
Are vanquished in an hour. 

2 

His fairest purpose will not stand ^ 

Behold his guilty shame ! — 
Lord, keep me by thy mighty handj 
Or I shall do the same, 
i 3 
I At length the suffering Saviour turns, 
i And looks with pitying eyes ; 
I Peter relents, withdraws, and mourn^^ 
And loud for mercy cries. 

4 

! So boundless is Jehovah's grace, 
j He hears the humble prayer : — 
If I am found in Peter's case, 
I would not still despair. 

5 

p One look, dear Lord, the rock will meit^ 

One look will make me whole, 
i One look will pardon all my guilt, 
! One look will save my soul.'j 

1 473 (First Part) L. M. Steele, 

The Poor in Spirit blessed^ Matt. v. 3, 

YE humble souls, complain no more j 
Let faith survey your future store j 
How happy, how divinely blest, 
I ffjie sacred words of truth attest ! 



472 POOR IN SPIRIT BLESSED, 



2 

[When conscious grief laments sincerej 
And pours the penitential tear; 
Hope points, to your dejected eyes. 
The bright reversion in the skies.] 

3 

In vain the sons of wealth and pride 
Despise your lot, your hopes deride ; 
In vain they boast their little stores ; 
Trifles are theirs, a kingdom yours ! — 
4 

A kingdom of immense delight, 
Where health, and peace, and joy unite; 
Where undeclining pleasures rise, 
And ev'ry wish hath full supplies ; 

5 

A kingdom which can ne'er decay. 
While time sweeps earthly thrones away ; 
The state, w^hich pow'r and truth sustain, 
Unmov'd for ever must remain. 

6 

[There shall your eyes with rapture view 
The glorious friend that dyM for you ; 
That dy'd to ransom, dyM to raise, 
To crowns of joy, and songs of praise.] 

7 

Jesus, to thee I breathe my prayer ! 
Reveal, confirm my interest there : 
"Whatever my humble lot below, 
This, this, my soul desires to know ! 

8 

O, let me hear that voice divine 
Pronounce the glorious blessing mine ! 
EnroiPd among thy happy poor, 
My largest wishes ask no more. 



lord our portion. 472 
PORTIOjX. 
2 (Seconfl Part) 7s. 

Jacobus Poi'tion is the Lord^ Jer. x. 1 6. 

' TACOB'S portion is the Lord ; 

9J What can Jacob more require ? 
! What can lieaven more afford ? 
i Or a creature more desire ? — 
i 2 
1 '^^ Jacob's portion is the Lord 
j His is sure a pleasant lot ; — 
I Jacob's portion cannot fail, 

'Tis the Lord, who changes not. 

3 

Worldlings may their gold displajj 

Tell what pleasures they afford ; 

Jacob smiles at all they say, 

" Jacob's portion is the Lord.'' 
! " 4 
I Heav'n and earth shall flee away, 
1 Sinners with their idols fall : 

Jacob shall survive the day, 

Jacob's God, is Lord of all. 

5 

I Happy Jacob ! fear not thou ! 
} Triumph when the Lord appears; 
I He, who is thy portion now, 
Will be thine thro' endless years. 

473 L. M. ElUoL 

Power of God, Jer. xxxii. 17. 27- 

IS any thing too hard for God? 
What won't he for his children do ? 
i Dear in his sight is Jesu's blood, 
A nd dear the purchase of it too : 




474,475 PRAISE— PRAYER. 

[Ourev'ry want he will supply, 
Our ev'Vy doubt he will remove ; 
For us he gave his Son to die. 
And can he now forget to love ? — 

Tho' in ourselves defiPd weare, ^VMf 
Loathsome, polluted, and unclean ; 
Our God, in Christ, beholds us fair, 
Spotless, and free from guilt and sin.j 

4 

Believe, and ask whate'er thou wilt. 
Belie ving ask, thou shalt obtain ; 
For lo ! Immanuers blood was spilt, 
Because thou shouldst not ask in vam. 

4/4 L. M. 

Py^aise for Redemption ^ Psalm xxxiv. 1. 22<^ 

WHILE here on earth Vm calFd to stay, 
I'll praise my God from day to dayj 
Jesus hath wash'd away my sin, 
And made my soul complete in him. 

2 

When I am brought before his throne, 
I'll sing the wonders he hath done ; 
And join with all the ransom'd race, 
To praise the riches of his grace. 

3 

Thro' all eternity I'll view 
My Jesus, and admire him too • 
Praise shall attune my warbling tongue, 
And grace, free grace, be ail my song. 

PRAYER. 
475 L. M. Godwin. 

Lord^s Prayer^ Matt. vi. 9 — IS. 
UR Father, thronM in heav'n, divine, 
To thy great name be praises paid j 



o 



PRAYER, 



470 



Thy kingdom come. — Let splendour shine^ 
And thy bright will be still obeyM. 

2 

Give us our bread from day to day, 

And all our wants do thou supply ; 

With gospel truth feed us, we pray^ 

That we may never faint or die. 
' 3 

Extend thy grace, our hearts renew^ 

Our each offence in love forgive. 

Teach us divine forgiveness too, 
I And freed from evil, let us live. 

4 

For thine's the kingdom, and the powT^ 
I .And all the glory waits thy name ; 
1 Let ev'ry land thy grace adore, 

And sound in songs, their loud. Amen, 

, 47B \1 Hart. . 

I Pi^ai/ without ceasing^ 1 Thes. v. If* 

PllAY'H was appointed to convey 
, The blessings God designs to give : 

i Long as they live, should Christians pray^ 
F or only while they pray, they live. 

2 

The Christianas heart his pray'r indites^ 
He speaks as prompted from within ; 
i The Spirit his petition writes, 
And Christ receives, and gives it in. 

3 

_ And shall we in dead silence lie. 

When Christ stands waiting for our prayer 2 
1 My soul, thou hast a friend on high, 
A-rise, and try thy int'rest there. 

4 

If pains afflict, or wrongs oppress^ 
■I cares distract, or fears dismay^ 



PRAYER. 



If guilt deject, if sin distress, 
The remedy's before thee — pray. 

5 

Depend on Christy thou canst not faii f 
JMake all thy wants and wishes known 5 
Fear not — his merits must prevail ! 
Ask what thou wilt, it shall be done. 

477 M. Cowper. 

^neGuragement to prayer^ Ex. xvii. 10 — 1 
"^/%/ various hindrances w^e meet 

f ? In coming to a mercy-seat 
Yet who, that knows the worth of pray'rj 
13ut wishes to be often there ? 

2 

Prayer makes the darken- d cloud withdraw : 
Fray'r climbs the ladder Jacob saw 5 
Gives exercise to faith and love, 
Brings ev'ry blessing from above. 

3 

Restraining pray'r, we cease to fight ; 
Pray'r makes the Christian's armour bright 
And Satan trembles when be sees 
The weakest saint upon his knees. 

4 

[While Moses stood, with arms spread wide. 
Success was found on Israel's side ; 
Eut when thro' weariness they faird, 
That moment Amalek prevaiPd.]^ 
5 

Have you no words ? ah ! think again, 
Words flow apace when 3^ou complain, 
And fill your fellow-creature's ear 
With the sad tale of all your care. 

6 

Were half the breath thus vainly spent 
To heav'n in supplication sent 5 



PRAYER. 



Your cheerful songs would oft'ner be^ 
Hear what the Lord has done for me 

478 L. M. 

On puhlic J private^ and family Prayer^ 
Can. iii. 1 — 4. 
TN the dark night, when much distrest, 
-1- I sought the Lord, my God, my rest : 
Amid the searches of my tliought, 
I sought him, but I found him not* 
2 

[Thence, in the street, I sought my Lord^ 
Where oft I% e feasted on his word : 
But, ah ! how low my soul was brought, 
I sought the Lord, but found him not.] 
3 

I ask'd the watchmen of the night, 
Where did you see my soul's delight 

AVith anxious care my Lord, I sought, 

But, ah ! alas, I found him not. 

4 

In my distress, the Lord dre\v nigh^ 
And to my soul did thus reply : 
^ Thou never wast by me forgot, 

* Tho' thou didst seek, but found me not; 

5 

* When in the closet, I was there, 

^ I was with thee^ in family pray'r : 

* And in my house, I saw tby lears^ 

^ Whilst strusfgling with thy doubts and fears 
6 

* I hid my face to prove thy zeal, 

* Whrn ihou didst plead, but not prevail : 
^ In all the pallis of holiness, 

^ xMy bowels movM to see thy face, 
7_ 

^ All was to piove thy faith sincere^ 
^ That i to thee did n^t appear j 



479 



PRAYER. 



^ Thy name is graven on my heaii^ 
* From thee 1 never will depart. 

8 

^ I drew thy soul with cords of love, 
^ I drew thy heart to things above ; 
^ I still will draw thee on to heav'n, 
^ Thy debts are paid, thy sins forgiv'n.^ 
9 

If Jesus Christ is precious here, 
In heav'n more precious he'll appear : 
And still more precious he'll be found^ 
As endless years are rolling round. 

479 C. M. 

O that Iioere as in Months past / Job xxix. 2, 

AGAINj indulgent Lord, return, 
With thy sweet quickening grace, 
To animate my sluggish soul, 
And speed me in my race. 

2 

O may I feel, as once I felt, 

When paiji'd and grievM at hearty 

Thy kind, forgiving, melting look, 
RelievM my ev'ry smart. 

3 

Let graces then in exercise, 

Be exercised again ; 
And nurtured by celestial powV^ 

In exercise remain. 

4 

Awake my love, my faith, my hopift. 

My fortitude and joy : 
Vain world be gone, let things above 

My happy thoughts employ. 

5 

Whilst thee, my Saviour, and my Godj 
I would for ever own j 



PRAYER. 



48e 



I)rive each rebellious, rival lusfj 
Each traitor J from the throne. 

6 

Instruct my mind, my will subdue^ 

To heav'n my passions raise 5 
And let my life for ever be 

Devoted to thy praise. 

480 C. M. Ilaweh. 

Dear Lord^ remeinber me, Neh. xiii. SI, 

OTHOU, from whom all goodness flows^ 
I lift my heart to thee ; 
In all my sorrows, conflicts, woes : 
' Dear Lord, remember me.' 

2 

Whene'er on my poor burdenM heart. 

My sins lie heavily ; 
IJy pardon speak, new peace impart, 

In love, remember me. 

3 

Temptations sore obstruct my way, 

And ills I cannot flee : 
O give me strength. Lord, as my day, 

Eor good remember me. 

4 

[AV^hen in desertion's dismal night, 

Thy face I cannot see ; 
Then, Lord, arise with glorious light. 

And still remember me.J 
5 

If on my face, for thy dear name, 

Shame and reproaches be ; 
All hail, reproach, and welcome shame ! 

If thou remember me. 

6 

Tlie hour is near, consigned to death, 
I ovvn the juit decree : 



481 



PRAYER* 



Saviour ! with my last parting breatlxj 
I^ll cry, remember me. 

7 

p When heav'n's celestial gates give way^ 

My soul shall fiy to thee ; 
To tell in realms of endless day 

Thou hast rememberM me.^J 

481 C. M. Medley. 

My God imll hear me^ Mic. vii. 6* 

( O thee, O Lord, my heav'nly king^ 
Now will my soul draw near ; 
Thankful of this sweet truth to sing, 
' That thou, my God, wilt hear.' 

2 

Tho' I am poor and needy too, 
And scarce know what to say ; 

And tho' my words are faint and few, 
* My God will hear me pray.' 

3 

Thro' Christ T come, and mercy clairn^ 

Who lives to intercede ; 
For, in his dear, adored name, 

' My God will hear me plead.' 

4 

Tho' oft with sins, and doubts, and fears, 

M}^ soul is m.uch cast dovm ; 
And tho' o'erwhelm'd witb _si2:hs and tears^ 

' My God will hear me groan.-' 
5 

Then whilst my life and breath remain^ 

I'll humbly pei sever. ; 
And when io pory I art lin, 

^ My God will hear me there,* 




PRAYER* 482,48 

AL 483 C. M. Kewton. 
W Frayer, 
PPROACHj ray soul, the mercy-seat, 
Where Jesus answers pray^-; 
-There humbly Ml before his feet, 
For none can perish there. 

4S3 S. M. Kcwton. 

Trevalenaj of Fmijer^ Luke xviii. 1 — 7t 

THE Lord, who truly knows 
The heart of ev'ry saint, 
Invites us by his holy word, 
To pray and never faint. 

2 

He bows his gracious ear ; 
We never plead in vain ; 
Yet we must wait till he appear^ 
And pray, and pray again. 

3 

Tho' unbelief suggest 
Why should we longer wait ? 
He bids us never give him rest, 
But be importunate. 

4 

['Twas thus a widow poor. 
Without support or friend, 
Beset the unjust Judge's door, 
And gain'd at last her end. 

5 

And shall not Jesus hear 
His chosen when they cry ? 
Yes — tho' he may awhile forbear, 
He'll not their suit deny. 

6 

Then let us earnest be, 
And never faint in pray- r ; 



4S4,485 GRAYER. 

He loves our importunity, ^^^^f 
.And makes our cause his care* 

484 i48th. Nexvtnn. 

Throne of Grace ^ 1 Sam. 1. 18. 
'¥'¥7 HEN Hannah, prest with grief^ 
¥ f Pour'd forth her soul in pray^r^ 
She quickly found relief, 
And left her burden there ; 
Like her, in ev'ry tr3ing case, 
JViay we approach a throne of grace, 
2 

When she began to pray. 

Her heart was pain'd and sad j 

But ere she went away, 

Was comforted and glad : 
In trouble, what a restino^ place 
Have they, who know the throne of graee !* 
3 

Tho' men and devils rage, 

And threaten to devour ; 

The saints, from age to age. 

Are safe from all their pow'r : 
.Fresh strength they gain to run their race^ 
«By waiting at the throne of grace, 
4 . 

Numbers before have try'd, 

And found the promise true ; 

Nor has one been denyM, 

Then why should I or you ? 
Xet us, by faith, their footsteps trace^ 
And hasten to the throne of grace. 

485 8. 7. Newton. 

Ruler's Daughter healed, Mark v. 39—42. 

COULD the creatures help or ease us, 
Seldom should we think of pray 



PREPARATION FOR DEATH. 4^% 



Few, if any, come to Jesu?, 
Till reduc'd to self-despair: 
2 

Long we either slight or doubt hini^ 
But when all the means we try 
Prove we cannot do without him. 
Then at last to him we cry. 

3 ^ 

[Thus the Ruler, w^hen his daughter 
SuiTer'd much, tho^ Christ was nighj 
Still deferr'd h, till he thought lier 
At the very point to die :] 
4 

Fear not, O distrest believer, 
Venture on his mighty name ; 
He is able to deliver, 
And his love is still the same. 

5 

Can his pity or his power, 
Suffer thee to pra}^ in vain ? 
Wait but his appointed hour, 
And thy suit thou shalt obtain. 

£See also ilymus 191. 531. 554. and 624»J 

486 S. M. Elliof. 

T reparation for Dcat-i^ Amos iv. 12, 

PREPARE me, gracious God! 
To stand before thy face : 
Thy Spirit must the work perform^ 
For it is all of grace. 

2 

p I can't prepare my heart 
Eternal life to gain ; 
'Tis thou must all the strength imparf. 
Or all 1 do, is vain. " ' 



V/ 2 



dS7 



PRODIGAL SON. 



5 

^ I Can^t otie sin atone, 
I swell with pride no more : 
. A^U the best duties I have done^, 
I've reason to deplore.'] 
4 

Jn Christ's obedience clothe^ 
And wash me in his blood : 
So shall I lift my head with joy, 
Among the sons of God^ 
5 

Do thou my sins subdue, 
Thy sov'reign love make known | 
^he spirit of my mind renew, 
And save me in thy Son* 
6 

Let me attest thy powV^ 
Let me thy goodness proves 
^ill my full soul can hold no more 
Of everlasting love^ 

487 L- M. Gibbons. 

Prodigal Son, Luke xv. 1 1 — 32. 

SEE how the disobedient son 
His father and his house forsakes, 
And, ber t on luxury and lust, 
To foreign lands his journey takes. 

2 

His substance spent, his health decay'd^ 
Without a friend to help his woe, 
In hope, in fear, he now resolves 
Back to his father's house to go I 
3 

Far off, the father spies his son ; 
V His bowels with compassion move ; 
He runs, and clasps him round hi> neck^ 
Ai'^d w eicomes w ita a kiss of lov e# 



PRODIGAL SON. 



4 

^ Father, 1 own/ the suppliant said, 
^ My sius a^^ainst both heav'n and thee : 
' Unworthy to be call VI thy son, 
^ Now hke a servant deal with me.^ 
5 

^ Bring the best robe, and clothe my son. 
(The father graciously commands ;) 
' Provide with shoes his tott'ring feet, 
^ With rings of beauty deck his hands. 
6 

^ A feast, a sumpt'ous feast prepare, 
^ Pleasure thro all my house shall reign j 
^ My son was lost, but now is found, 
^ My Son was dead, now lives again.' 

4S8 C. Kent. 

ProdigaVs Return^ Luke xv. 20 — 

WHEN to his father's fond embrace. 
The Prodigal returned, 
The tears bedew'd his aged face j 
With love his bosom burnM. 

2 

He kiss'd him with a father's love, 
Tho' he such crimes had done ; 

ReprovM the sin that made him rore^ 
Yet own'd him for his son. 

3 

For him the fatted calf they slew, 

'['he fatlier's grace to prove ^ 
While on the rebel's hands we view 

The tokens of his love. 

4 

' With a bright robe my son array, 

' For 'tis my royal will ; 
^ Make no excuse ; (without delay) 

^ i^^or he's a favourite still.' 



4S9 



PROMISE 1 



5 - 
His shame, his folljj, and his sin^ 

The father saw no more ; ^^^^^ 
^^^^thoiightSj his ways, his acts imclean^ 
This garment cover'd o^er» 
6 

[Thus shall Jehovah's sovereign grace^ : ^^^^mjfL i 
Thro' Jesu's blood, alone 4RHhI 

Oring all th' apostate ransom'd race, " " ''""''il 
With weeping to his throne.] 



Pn03IISES. 
— ^<^-l^ — 

489 L. M. Fawceti! 

.As thy Dai/Sy so shall thy Strength 
Deut. xxxiii. 35. 



^^^^ 



Ik FFLICTED saint, to christ draw near^ 
The Saviour's gracious promise hear j 
His foithful word declares to thee, 
That, as thy days, thy strength shall be. 

2 

Let not thy heart despond and say 
^ Mow shall I stand the trying day ?' 
He has engaged, by firm decree. 
That, as thy days, thy strength shall be. 
3 

Thy faith is weak, thy foes are strong 
Aodj if the conflict should be long. 
Thy Lord wilt make the tempter flee ; 
i'or, as thy days, thy strength shall be. 

4 

Should persecution rage and flame, 
Still trust in thy Redeemer's name ; 
3n fl'ry trials tliou shalt see, 
That, as thy dayS; tli^' strength shall be. 



PRECIOUS PROMISES. 490,491 



i . ^ 

i When call'd to bear the weighty cross, 

Or share affliction ^ pain, or losSj 

Or deep distress, or poverty — 

Stillj as thy days, thy strength shall be. 

6 

When ghastly death appears in vieWj 
! Christ's presence shall thy fears subdue : 

He conies to set thy spirit free , 
j And, as thy days thy strength shall be. 

i 490 8. ^M, Saluburifs Col 

I GgcVs Covenant^ to Saints and their Children y 
Acts ii. sy. 
OW great thy mercies, Lord, 
How plenteous is thy grace, 
W^hich in the cov'nant of thy love, 
Inciud'es each rising race. 

2 

Thy promise how divine, 
To Abrah'm and his seed ; 
^ ni be a God to thee and thine, 
' Supplying all their need.' 

3 

Our offspring, still thy care, 
Shall own their father's God : 
To latest time, thy blessings share^ 
And sound thy praise abroad. 

4 

[Thy love, we will adore, 
And shout thy matchless grace ; 
Th}' covenant is firm and sure 
To all thy chosen race. 

491 tls. K . 

Precious Promises^ 2 Peter, i. A, 

HOW firm afoundation,3-e saints of thef.ord, 
Is laid for your faith in his excellent word ! 




491' PRECIOUS PROMISES, 



What more can he say than to you heliathsaid? 
YoUj who unto JesLiS;, for refuge have fled. 

In ev'ry condition — in sickness, in health, 
In poverty's vale, or abounding in wealth , 
At home and abroad, on the land, on the sea, 
As thy days may demand, so thy succour shall be. 
3 

^ Fear not, I aui with thee, O be not dismay'd ! 
' 1, [ am thy God, and v/ili still give thee aid : 
^ 111 strengthen thee, help thee, and cause thee 
' to stand, 

^ Upheld by my righteous omnipotent hand. 
4 

^ When thro' tlie deep waters 1 cause thee to go^ 
f The rivers of sorrow shall not thee o'erfiow; 
' For I will be with thee, thy troubles to bless, 
^ And sanctify to thee thy deepest distress. 
5 

^ When thro' fiTy trials thy pathway shall lie, 
^ My grace all-sufficient shall be thy suppl}^ ; 
^ The flame shall not hart thee ; I only design 
^ Thy dross to consume, and thy gold to refine. 
6 

^ E'en down to old a^e, a)! my people shall prove, 
^ My sov'reign, eternal, uncfiangeable love ; 
* And wdien hoary hciirs shall their temples 
' adorn, 

^ Like lambs they shall still in my bosom be borne. 
7 

/The soul that on Jesus hath lean'd for re- 
' pose, 

^ I will not, I cannot de-ert to his foes ; 
^ That soul, tho' all hell should endeavour to 
' shake, 

^ I'll n^ver, no never^ no never forsake !^ 



PROPHET, PRIEST, AND KING. 49^ 



CHRIST, 
493 11 ^th. Davies. 

:A Prophet, Priest, and King, Luke i. 
Heb. V. 6. Rev. xix. l6. 

JESUS, how precious is thy name ! 
The great Jehovah's darling thou ( 
O let me catch th' immortal flame. 
With which angelic bosoms glow ! 
Thee above all, this heart would love^ 
And imitate the bless'd above. 

2 

]My Prophet thou, my heavenly guides 
Thy sweet instructions I will hear 5 
The words that from thy lips proceed, 
O how divinely sweet they are ! 
Thee my great Prophet I would love, 
And imitate the bless'd above. 

3 

My great High-Priest, whose precious bloocl 
Did once atone upon the cross ; 
Who now dost intercede with God, 
And plead the friendless sinner's cause J 
In thee 1 trust ; thee I would love, 
And imitate the bless'd above. 

4 

IVIy King supreme, to thee t bow^ 

A willing subject at thy feet ; 

All other Lords I disavow, 

A nd to thy government submit : 

lS\y Saviour, King, this heart would love^ 

And hnitate the blest above. 



493; 494 PROVIDENCE. 



PROVIDENCE. 
493 L. M. Faxvcett. 

Elijah fed hy Ravens^ 1 Kings, xvii. 6, 
'\K7 iIEx\ God's own people stand in need, 

¥ ? His goodness will afford supplies ^ 
Thus when Elijah faints for bread j 
A raven to his succour flies. 

2 

At God's command, with speedy wings, 
The hungry bird resigns his prey ; 
And to the rev'rend prophet brings 
The needful portion da\^ by day. 

<r> 
O 

[This method nviy be counted strange ; 
But happy was Elijah's lot ; 
For nature's course shall sooner change.; 
Than God's dear children be forgot.j 
4 

This wonder oft has been renew'd, 
And saints by sweet experience find 
Their evils over-ruPd for good, 
Their foes to friendly deeds inclined. 

5 

Who can distrust that mighty hand, 
Which rules with universal sway ; 
Which nature's laws can countermand 
Or feed us by a bird of prey ! 

491 L. M. Holloivaifs Col. 

Darkness of Providence^ Eph. i. 11. 
rilHY ways, O Lord ! with wise design^, 
JL Are fram'd upon thy throne above. 
And ev'ry dark and bending line, 
Meets in the centre of thy love. 



PROVIDENCE. 



2 

With feeble light, and half obscure^ 
Poor mortals thy arrangements view 5 
Kor knowing that the least are sure^ 
And the mysterious just and true. 

3 

Thy flock, thy own peculiar care, 
Tho' now they seem to roam uney'd, 
Are led or driven only where 
They best and safest may abide. 

4 

They neither know, nor trace the way^ 
But trusting to thy piercing eye, 
N(ice of their feet to ruin stray, 
Nor shall the weakest fail or die. 

i ^ 

i My favour^ soul shall meekly learu 

To lay her reason at thy throne ; 

, Too weak thy secrets to discern, 

I'll trust thee for my guide alone. 

495 C. M. Fawcett. 

Darkness of Providence, 1 Cor. xiii. 
Til HY way, O God i is in the sea, 

JL Thy paths I cannot trace 5 
Kor comprehend the mystery 
Of thy unbounded grace. 

2 

I Here the dark veils of flesh and sense 
j My captive soul surround ; 
Mysterious deeps of providence 
My wond'ring thoughts confound. 

3 

I When I behold thy awful hand 
My earthly hopes destroy ; 
In de^'p astonishment i stand, 
And ask tiie reason why ? 



PROVIDENCE. 



As thro' a glass, I dimly see 

The wonders of thy love : 
How little do I know, of thee^ 

Or of the jovs above ! 

5 

^Tis but in part, I know thy will v 

1 bless thee for the sight : 
When will th}^ love the rest reveal ^ 

In glory's clearer light '|| 

With rapture shall I then survey 

T:-y providence and grace ^ 
And spend an everlasting day 

In wonder, lore and praise. 

498 C. M. dmper. 

Mysteries of Providence, John xiii. 

GOD moves in a m3^sterious way 
His wonders to perform ; 
He plants his footsteps in the sea, 
And rides upon the storm. 

2 

Deep in unfathomable mines 

Of never-failing skill, 
He treasures up his bright designs^ 

And works his sovereign will. 

3 ^ 

Ye fearful saints, fresh courage takej 
The clouds ye so much dread 

Are big with mercy, and shall break 
In blessings on your head. 

4 

Judge not the Lord by feeble sense. 

But trust him for his grace ; 
Behind a frowning providence^ 

-He hides a smiling face. 



fROVIDENGE, AQt 



fiis purposes will ripen fast, 

Unfolding ev'ry hour; 
The bud may have a biU^r laste^ 

But sweet will be the flower. 

6 

Blind unbelief is sure to err. 

And scan his work in vain; 
God is his own interpreter, 
And he will make it plain. 

497 C. M. Addison. 

Providence reviewed, Psalm ciii. 1 — 5. 
HEN all thy mercies, O my Godj 
My rising soul surveys. 
Transported with the view, Fm lost 
In wonder, love, and praise. 

2 

rThy providence my life sustain 'dj 

And ali my wants redressed, 
I When in the silent w^om.b I lay, 
- And hung upon the breast. 

3 

[To all my weak complaints and cries, 

Thy mercy lent an ear. 
Ere yet my feeble thoughts liad learnt^ 
To form themselves in pray V.j 
4 

When in the slipp'ry paths of youth^ 

With heedless steps 1 ran, 
Thine arm unseen conveyM me safe, 
And led me up to man. 

5 

Ten thousand, thousand precious gifts 

]\ly daily thanks enif loy ; 
Kor IS the j^mst a clieeilul heart, 
That tastes those gifts with joy. 



49S, 499 PROVIDENCK, 



6 

Thro' ev'ry period of my life, 

Thy ooodness Vll adore ! 
And after death, in distant worlds^ 

Thy mercy still explore. 

7 

Thro' all eternity to thee 

A joyful song I'll raise ; 
But, O ! eternity's too short 

To utter all thy praise. 

498 S, M. Gibbon!^, lH 

Submission to Providence^ Amos iii. 2 — 
r I IHERE'S not an evil flies, 
i A nd pours its woes abroad. 
Thro' country, kingdom, city, town, 
But what is sent by God. 

2 

Should plagues, should fevers shoot 
Swift poison thro' our veins. 
They take their orders from the skies^ 
With all their burning pains. 

3 

Lord, at thy feet we bow, 
And own thy righteous rod, 
And beg that ev'ry stroke we feel 
May bring us near to God ! 

4 

O may thy providence 
Promote the life divine, 
And brightei' thro' these midnight shades 
May all our graces shine I 

499 S. M. Morton's Col. 

Submiss 'oji to Providence, Job xxxviii. 41. 

MY God knows what T want, 
lie sees my heiplessiiess j 





PROVIDENCE. 



And always readier is to grant, 
1 han I to ask his grace ; 

2 

My fearful heart he reads, 
Secures my soul from harms, 
And underneath, his m^rcy spreads 
Its everlasting arms. 

3 

[The fictious powers of change 

And fortune, I defy ; 
My life's minutest circumstance 
1 Is subject to his eye :] 

i 

% He hears the ravens call, 
F Nor can his children grieve, 
'Nor can a vi^orthless sparrow fallj 
Without my Father's leave* 
5 

O may I doubt no more, 
But in his pleasure rest ; 
Built on his love, his truth and pow'% 
My soul is truly blest. 

6 

accomplish his desiga^ 
All dark events agree 5 
And ev'ry attribute divine 
Is now at work for me, 

500 lOtth. Mivfon, 

The Lord will provide^ Gen. xxii. 14. 

THO' troubles assail, and dangers affright, 
Tho' iriends should all fail, and foes all 
Unite ; 

Yet one thing secures us, whatever betide, 
*l'iie scripture assures usp " The Lord will 
^' provide.^' 



500 



PROVIDENCE. 



2 

j"The birds without barn, or storehouse, are fed i 
From them let us learn, to trust for our bread : 
His saints, what is fitting, shall ne'er be deny'd, 
So long as 'tis written, " The Lord will provide.*^ 
3 

We ma}^, like the ships, by tempests be tost, 
On perilous deeps, but cannot be lost ; 
Tho' satan enrages the wind and the tide^ 
The promise engages, ^^The Lord will provide.'^] 
4 

His call we obey, like Abrah'm of old, 
Not knowing our way, — but faith makes us bold; 
For, tho' we are strangers, we have a good guide, 
And trust in all dangers, " The Lord will pro- 

5 

[When satan appears, to stop up our path, 
And fill us with fears, we triumph by faith r 
He cannot take from us, tho' oft he has tr}^^. 
This heart-cheering promise, The Lord will 
" provide.'' 

G 

He tells us we're weak, our hope is in vain. 
The good that we seek, we ne'er shall obtain ; 
But when such suggestions, our spirits have ply'd, 
This answers all questions, " The Lord will 
" provide."] 

7 

No strength of our own, or goodness w^e claim 5 
Yet since we have known the Saviour's great 
name, 

In this our strong tow'r for safety we hide. 
The Lordisourpow'r, The Lord will provide.'^ 

8 

When life sinks apace, and death is in view, 
The word of his grace ishall comfort us thro' j 



PUBLIC WORSHIP. 501, 502 



Not fearing or doubting, with Christ on our side, 
' We hope to die shouting, " The Lord will pro- 
vide.'^ 



PUBLIC WORSHIP. 



BEFORE SERMON. 

501 L. M. Neuton. 

Frayer to God the Spirit, 

OTHOU, at whose ahnighty word 
The glorious light from darkness sprung f 
Thy quickening influence afford, 
And clothe with pow'r the preacher's tongue. 
2 

^Tis thine to teach him how to speak^ 
'Tis thine to give the hearing ear ; 
^Tis thine the stubborn heart to break, 
And make the careless sinner fear. 

3 

'Tis also thine, almighty Lord, 
To cheer the poor desponding heart 5 
O speak the soul-reviving word, 
And bid the mourner's fears depart,. 

4 

Thus while we in the means are found^ 
We still on thee alone depend, 
To make the gospel's joyful sound 
Efiectual to the promisM end. 

502 L. M. Watts. 

Creator and Saviour^ Psalm 100* 

BEFORE Jehovah's awful throne, 
Ye nations bow with sacred joy 5 
Know that tlie Lord is God alone ) 
He can create, and he destroy. 



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2 

His sovereign pow'r without our aid, 
Made us of clay, and form'd us men ; 
And when like wandVing sheep^ we stray'c^ 
He brought us to his fold again* 
3 

[We are his people, we his care, 
Our souls, and all our mortal frame * 
What lasting honors shall we rear, 
Almighty maker, to thy name ?] 
*4 

We'll croud thy gates with thankful song^ 
High as the heav'ns our voices raise ; 
And earth, with her ten thousand tongues, 
Shall fill thy courts with sounding praise* 
5 

Wide as the world is thy command ! 
Vast as eternity thy love ! 
Firm as a rock thy truth must stand, 
When rolling years shall cease to move* 

503 L. M. Steele. 

Delight in God's house^ Psalm xxvii* 
FTl HE Lord, my Saviour, is my light, 
JL What terrors can my soul affright ? 
While God, my strength, my life, is near^ 
What potent arm shall make me fear ? 

2 

Should numerous foes besiege me rounds 
My stedfasi heart no fear shall wound ; 
Tho' war should rise in dread array, 
God is my strength, my hope, my stay. 
3 

This only gift my heart desires, 
For this my ardent wish aspires, 
This will I seek with restless care, 
Till God attend my humble prayV^ 





I t>UBLIC WORSHIP. m 

4 

In \vs own house to spend my days^ 
My life devoted to his praise : 
There would my soul his beauties trace^ 
jVnd learn the wonders of his grace. 

5 

I Should ev'ry earthly friend depart. 
And nature leave a parent's heart ; 
; My Godj on whom niy hopes depend^ 
] Will be my father and my friend. 

6 

Ye humble souls^ in ev'ry strait, 
On God, with sacred courage w^ait ; 
His hand shall life and strength afford | 
Ve trembling saints, wait on the Lord. 

504^ L. M. Newton. 

' toasting the Gospel-Net^ Luke v. 5. John xxi. 6^ 

NOW, while the gospel-net is cast, 
Do thou, O Lord, the effort own 5 
I From numerous disappointments pastj 
Teach us to hope in thee alone* 
2 

May this be a much-favour'd hour, 
; To souls in Satan's bondage led ; 

O clothe thy word with sovereign powVj 

To break the rocks, and raise the dead ! 

3 . 
, To mourners speak a cheering word. 

On seeking souls vouchsafe to shine ; 

Let poor backsliders berestor'd, 

And all thy saints in praises join. 

4 

[O hear our pray'r, and give us hope, 
That, when thy voice shall call us home, 
Thou still wilt raise a people up 
To love and praise thee in our room. 7 
X 



505 PUBLIC WORSHm 
505 (First Part) L. M. Fellows^. 

Waiting to he Blessed, Luke xxiv. 41. 

T\ HE food on which thy children live, 
Great God is thine alone to give ; 
And we for grace received, would raise 
A sacred song of love and praise. 

2 

How vast ! how full ! how rich ! how free 
Dear Jesus^. thy rich treasures be : 
To the full fountciin of our joys. 
We gladly come for fresh supplies. 

3 

For this, we wait upon thee, Lordj 
For this^ we listen to thy v/ord : 
Descend like gentle show'rs of rain, 
J^l or let our souls attend in vain. 

005 (sad. Pt) C. M. McholsonH 
CoL 

A Blessing requested, Jer. xxiii. 29. 

COME, O thou all-victorious Lord, 
Thy pow'r to us make known 5 
Strike with the hammer of thy word, 
And break these hearts of stone. 

Speak with the voice which wakes the dead^ 

And bid the sleeper rise 5 
And let each guilty conscien^ce dread 

The death that never dies. 

3 

To them a sense of guilt impart, 

And then remove the load : 
<iuicken, and wash the troubled hearf 

In thine atoning blood. 

4 

Our df'sp'rate state thro' sin declare, 
^nd speak our sins forgiv'n j 



PUBLIC WORSHIP. 506, 



By dally growth in grace^ prepare^ 
1 hen take us up to heav'n. 

506 C. M. 

Waiting to be Blessed^ Matt. vi. 7? ^. 

IORD, in thy courts we now appear, 
_J And bow before thy throne ; 
Before our lips begin to move, 
Our wants to thee are known. 

Thou know'st the language of the hearty 

The meaning of a sigh ; 
Dear Father, hear our humble pray V, 

And bring thy blessings nigh. 

3 

[Few be our words and short our pray 

While we together meet : 
Short duties keep th' attention up, 

And make devotion sweet.] 

507 C. M. Hoskins. 

Prayer for the Sj)irifs Influence. 

IN thy great name, O t.ord, we come. 
To worship at thy feet ; 
O pour thy holy Spirit dov/n, 
On all that now shall meet. 

2 

We come to hear Jehovah speak, 

To hear the Saviour's voice : 
Thy face and favour, Lord, we seek, 

Now make our hearts rejoice. 

3 ' 

Teach us to pray, and praise, and hear, 

And understand thy word ; 
To feel thy blissful presence near, 

Awd trust our living Lord. 



4 

Here let thy pow'r and gracie be felt 5 
Thy love and mercy known ; 

Our icy hearts, dear Jesus, melt, 
And break this flinty stone. 

5 

Let sinners, Lord, thy goodness prove^ 

And saints rejoice in thee ; 
Let rebels be subdu'd by love, 

And to the Saviour flee. 

6 

[This house, with grace and glory fill; 

This congregation bless ; 
Thy great salvation now reveal 5 — 

Thy glorious righteousness.] 

508 C. M. Radford's 

Frayer to Jesus, 1 Cor. iii. 6, 7 

IN vain AppoUo's pleasing tongue, 
And Paul's with strains profound, 
I/iffuse among the listening throng^ 
The gospel's gladdening sound. 

2 

Jesus, the work is wholly thine^ 

To form the heart anew ; 
Now let thy sovereign grace divine^ 

Each stubborn soul subdue. 

509 7s. Uoskbm 

Humble Request, Rev. ii. 29. 

GRACIOUS Father, gracious Lord 
Give us ears to h^^ar thy word 5 
Give us hearts to love and fear, 
Give us now to find thee near. 

2 

Let us know and praise thee more 
taet us live on mercy's store 3 



PUBLIC WORSHIP. 510 



Let us sins: our Saviour's lovej 
Tiii we join the saints above. 

3 

[Then we'll praise thee and adore^ 
On the happy blissful shore ; 
Praise, with all the heavenly host, 
Fatherj Son; and Holy Ghost.] 



510 7s, IlammoiuL 

Humble Request ^ Jer. xxix. 13? 

LORD5 we come before thee nov/^ 
At thy feet we hurobi}^ bow 5 
O ! do not our suit disdain ; 
Shall we seek thee, Lord^ in vain ? 

2 

Jn thine own appointed way, 
Now we seek thee, — here we stay | 
Lord, from henee we could not go^ 
Till a blessing thou bestow. 

Send some message from thy wordj 
That may joy and peace afford ; 
Let thy Spirit now impart 
Full salvation to each heart. 

4 

[Comfort those who weep and momu^ 
Let the time of joy return ; 
Those who are cast down lift up, 
Make them strong in faith and hope.] 
5 

Grant that all may seek and find^ 
Thee a God supremely kind ; 
Ileal the sick, the captive free | 
m all rejoice In t\iQ,Q, 



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511 148th. Beck's Col. 

Bethel, Gen. xxviii. 17- Matt, xviii. 2Q. 

W \\ AT dreadful spot is this ? 
And yet what pleasing piace^||^|g^ 
Sur€ here Jehovah is 4RHH 
In majesty and grace; ^T^^if 
Here let our souls, devoutly wait, 
^Tis God'* own house, 'tis heaven's gate. 
2 

^Tis here the saints abide, 
On richest dainties fed ; 

And Christ doth here reside, ^j^^gH 

Their master and their head : 
His life and love he here conveys, 
And owns their pray'rs, and hears their praise, 
S 

[Wherever two or three^ 

Are met in Jesu's name, 

God in the midst will be, 

Nor let them meet in vain : 
In stately courts, or open air, 
They still shall find him present there, 
4 

When in the open field. 

As Jacob sleeping laid. 

The Lord, to him reveaFd 

His presence and his aid : 
Thro' Christ, the way, the angels trod^ 
From God to men, and men to God.] 
5 

The Lord, is never bound 

To any time or place ; 

But always may be found 

Among his chosen race : 
Then tread his courts, with holy fear^ 
For God himself; is present her§. 



r praise. 



PUBLIC WORSHIP. 512,513,514 



013 8. 7. 4. Jay^s Col 

Humble Request. Matt. xiii. 3—23* 

COME, thou soul-transforming Spirit^ 
Bless the sower and the seed : 
Let each heart thy grace inherit, 
Raise the weak, the hungry feed : 
f rom the gospel 
ISow supply thy people's need. 

2 ■ 
O may all enjoy the blessing, 
Which thy word's designed to give • 
Let us all, thy love possessing, 
Joyfully the truth receive j 
And for ever 

^o thy praise and glory live ? 

513 8.7. Hart. 

Prayer to Jesus. 

BLESSED Lord, be thou our teacher^ 
Helper, counsellor, and guide ; 
Speak the promise thro' the preacher^. 
And the hearing ear provide. 

2 

Ev'ry state, howe'er distressing, 
Shall be profit in the end : 
Ev Vy ordinance a blessing, 
Ev'ry providence a friend. 

AFTER SERMOjS'. 

514 CM. Gibbon,^ 

Felix Tre7nbli}igy Acts xxiv. 24, 25. 

SEE Felix, cloth'd with pomp and pow'r 
See his res})lendent bride, 
Attend to hear a pris'iier preacb 
'the Saviour cruelty 'd. 




1 



§15 PUBLIC WORSHIP, 

2 

Be well describe who Jesus was^ 

His glories and his love, 
How he obey'd,and bled below^ 

And reigns and pleads above. 

3 

[On righteousness, and temperance, 

The preacher reasoned well ; 
And full conviction^s sovereign force, 

Sunk terror in his soul. 

4 

To strengthen the great truths he spoke^ 

He set the world to come 
Full in their view,— and boldl}^ told 

The sinner'^ dieadful doom.] 
5 

Felix sprang op. and trembling cry'd, 
Go, for this time away ; 
I'll hear thee on these points agairj 
On some convenient day.*' 
6 

Attention to the words of life 

Tho' Felix thus adjourn ; 
Lord, let us make those solemn truths 

Our first and last concern. 

515 (First Part) C. M. 

The V arable of the So7mr^ Matt. xiii. 3 
J OW, Lord, the heav'nly seed is sown 
Be it thy servant's care 
Thy heav'nly blessing to bring down, 
By humble fervent pray'r. 

2 

In vain we plant without thine aid, 

And water too in vain ; 
1L.ord of t]ie harvest, God of grace, 

Send down thy heavenly rain. 



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3 

Then shall our cheerful hearts and tongues 

Begin this song divine, 
^ Thou, Lord, hast giv'n the rich increase^ 

^* And be the glory thine.'^ 

515 (becoiid Fart.) ' C- M, 

Soioer, Matt. xiii. 3 — 23. 

IORD of the harvest !— God of grace | 
-J That ploughs the fallen ground i 
Now let the gospel-seed that's sown, 
Wiih plent'ous fruit abound. 

2 

Ne'er may our hearts, like the v/ay-side 

That^s trodden — hard remain ; 
Where fiends, those cruel birds of prey^ 

Devoiu' the precious grain. 

3 

Kor may our hearts be like the ropk^ 
Where but the blade can shoot ; 

?^or like the seed among the thorns^ 
Which bears no lasting fruit. 

4 

Let not the joys the gospel gives, 

A transient rapture prove ; 
Nor may the world, by smiles or frownf^ 

Our faith and hope remove^ 
5 

But may our hearts like fertile soil^ 

Receive the heav'nly word ; 
So shall our fair and ripenM fruits, 

Their various folds afford. 

516 a M Gibbons. 

Duties and Privileges, Jude 20. 21. 

WHILE sinners, who -ps^esume to be^ 
The christian's sacred name^ 
"Throw uplhe reins to ey'ry lust^ 

And glory hi their sj?ame| % $ 



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. 2 

Te saints preserved in Christ and call'dy 

Detest their impious ways, 
And on the basis of your faith 

An heav'nly temple raise. 

3 

Upon the Spirit's promisM aid 

Depend from day to day, 
And, while he breathes his quickening gale^ 

Adore, and praise, and pray. 

517 8. 7. 4. Mien's Coh 

Gospel Message^ 2 Cor. v. 20. 

SINNERS, will you scotu the message^ 
Sent in mercy from above ! 
£v"ry sentence, O how tender ! 
Ev'ry line is full of love ! 
Listen to it, 

Ev'ry line is full of love. 

o 

Hear the heralds of the gospel, 
r^ews from Sion's King proclaini, 
To each rebel sinner, — Pardon, 

Free forgiveness in his name :-' — = 
How important ! 
Free forgiveness m his name. — 
3 

[Tempted souls, they bring you succouf^ 
Fearful hearts, they quell your fears^ 
A nd with news of consolation, 
Chase away the falling tears : 
^Lender heralds, 
C i.ase away the falling tears, 
4 

Fake proff ssors, grov'ling worldlings, 
Cal'ous heart It ^f the word ! 
W hile the messeii^crs address you^ 



PUBLIC WORSHIP, 



Take the warnings they afford : 

We entreat you. 

Take the warnings they afford.] 

Who hath our report believed ? 
Who receiv'd the joyful word ? 
Who embrac'd the news of pardoi?p 
Offered to you by the Lord ? 
•Can ye slight it, 
OlTer'd to you by the Lord ? 

6 

O ye angels, hovering rounql us^ 
Waiting spirits speed your way;^ 
Hasten to the courts of heaveRj 
Tidings bear without delay, 
Rebel sinners 

4Glad the message will obey. 

518 148th. Newton. 

Minister's Complaint ^ Gal. iv. 19^ 
HA r contradictions raeetj 
In ministers employ ! 
It is a bitter sweet, 
A sorrow full of joj- : 
f<o other post afibrds a place 
For equal honour or disgrace ! 

2 

Who can describe the pain 
Which faithful preachers feel^ 
Constraint to preach in vain 
To hearts as hard as steel ! 
Or, who can tell the pleasures felt, 
When stubborn hearts begin to ineli ! 

3 

The Saviour's dying love, 
The soul's amazing worth, 
Their utmost efforts move. 
And draw their bow^l« forth t 




Bi9 CHRISTIAN RACE. 

They pray and strive, their rest depart^ 
!rill Christ be form'd in sinners hearts^ 
4 

If somie small hope appear^ , 

They still are not content 5 

But with a jealous fear^ 

They watch for the event : 
Too oft they find, their hopes deceivMj 
Then how their inmost souls are griev'd. 
5 

But when their pains succeedj 

And from the tender blade 

The rip'ning ears proceed^ 

Their toils are overpaid : 
No harvest-joy, can equal theirs, 
To find the fruit of all their cares H 

I On what has now been sown^ 
1 Thy blessing. Lord, bestow 5 
The pow'r is thine alone, 
To make it spring and grow .* 
iDo thou the gracious harvest raise, 
And thou alone shalt have the praise, 

519 C. M. Doddridge. 

Race, 1 Cor, ix. 24. Phil. iii. 12—14. 

AWAKE, my soul ! stretch ev'ry nerve 
And press with vigour on ; 
A heav'nly race demands tby zeal, 
And an immortal crown. 

2 

A cloud of witnesses around 

Hold tl ee in full survey $ 
Forget the steps already trod, 

And onward urge thy way. 

3 

"^Tis God's all-animating voice, 
T hat calls the© from on high | 



REASON.— REDEMPTION. 520, 521 



'Tis his own hand presents the prize, 
To thine aspiring eye. 

4 

Bless'd Saviour ! introdcc'd by thee, 

Have I my race be^iin ; 
And, crowuM with vict'ry. at thy feet 

ril lay niy honours down. 

530 L. M. 

Reason dp raved by Sin, Job xi. 7' 12. 1 Cor'^ 
ii. J 4, 

CAN reason, comprehend a God ? — 
Or learn the need o( Fesu's blood ? 
Or can it tell the reason why 
That thousand infants daily die ? — 
2 

If reason then, must be your guide, 
Can it unfold the ebbing tide r — 
Or tell us how, the plants produce, 
I From the sam^ earth, their various juice ? — - 
3 

Where reason fails, may I adore 
' God's boundless wisdom more and more ; 
Since nature round his pow'r reveals. 
And God, in Christ, my pardon seals. 



REDEMPTIOJS'. 
521 C. M. Cnilen. 

It is fi:ub-\e:J, Tobn xix. 30. 

NOW, now tiie arduous work is o'er^ 
Redemptioirs price is paid : 
J-esiis has borne the mii;hiy load, 
Qn him our guilt was laid» 



REDEMPTION. 



2 

[What boundless wrath did he endurCjj 

When for imputed sin 
His people's debts were all transferred^ 

And centered all in hiiii.J 
3 

^( Let now. Omnipotence itself 

" Say, — If ought more is due, 
^' And I, the dir<^ful conflict past, 
Will yet for them renew. 

4 

Let heav'n produce its equal scales^ 
<^ To weigh my people's wrongs, 
^' And if my payment yet prove short, 
My dying pangs prolong, 
5 

Fathpr, I lie beneath thy stroke, 

The blow I will not shuq, 
Till thou proclaim to choirs on highj 
" Redemption's work is done. 

6 

I yield not up my final breath, 
" Nor bow my sinking head, 
^' Till to the bright angelic hosts, 
The canceil'd bond be spread. 

7 

That mixture of almighty wrath, 

My lips did patient drain ; 
' Tis finish xl,'' — nor of its sad dregs^ 
Does one small drep remain. 

8 

Father, the awful deed discharge, 

And nail it to the tree ; 
That to the closing hour of time^ 

Tiie ra^ii9^l'd may go ft'ee,*' 



REDE^IPTION. 



522j 523 



522 SwiiTi. 

€Jifist Crucijicd, Zech xii. 10. John xix, 37 i 
a / HEN on my b(^loveci I gaze^ 
¥ f So dazzling his beauties appear j 
His charms so trancendentiy blaze, 
The sight is too melting to bear ! 

2 

When from my own vileness I turn 
To Jesus, exposed on tlie tree. 
With shame and with wonder, I burn 
To think, what he suffer' for me. 

3 

My sins, O how black they appear, 
When in that dear bosom they meet ! 
Those sins were the nails and the spear^ 
That wounded his hands and his feet. 

4 

•'Twas justice, that wreath'd for his head 
The thorns that encircled it round ; 
Thy temples, Immannelj bled. 
That mine might with glory be crown'd ! 
5 

The wonderful love of his heart, 
iWhere he has recorded my name^ 
On earth can be known but in part^ 
j tHeav'n only can bear the full flame* 

i ^ 

I [In rivers of sorrow it flow'd. 

And flow'd in those rivers for me ; 

]\jy sins are all drown'd in his blood ; 

]\iy soul is both happy and free.] 

5 S3 7s, Ijiugf rd's Col 

Redeeming Love, Psalnf cxi. 9. 

NOW begin the heavenly tlieme, 
Sin^^ aioud in Jesu's name 1 
V«', who his salvation prove, 
I riumph in redeeming love* 



52S 



REDEMPTION. 



2 

Ye, who see the Father's grace. 
Beaming in the Saviour's face : 
As to Canaan on ye move, 
Praise and bless redeeming love. 

S 

IMournhig souls, dry up your tears^ 
Banish all your guilty fears ; 
See your guilt and curse remove, 
Canceil'd by redeming love, 
4 

Ye, alas ! who long have been 
Willing slaves to death and s'U, 
Now from bliss no longer rove, 
StoDj and taste redeeming love. 

5 

Welcome all, by sin opprest, 
W elcome to the Saviour'^s breast 5 
Nothing brought him from above, 
Nothing but redeeming love. 

6 

[He subdu'd th' infernal pow'rs, 
Those tremendous foes of ours, 
F rom their cursed empire drove 5— 
Alighty in redeeming love.] 

^ 7 

Hither then, your music bring, 
Strike aloud each tuneful strhig ] 
Morials, join the hosts above, 
Join to praise redeeming love, 
8 

[When his spirit leads us home, 
When we to his kinedom come, 
W^e shall all the fiihiess prove 
Ql our Lord's redeeming love,] 



REDEMPTION. 



524 



524 148th. T^pJadips Col. 

Jubilee, Lev. xxv. 8 — 13. Isaiah xxvii. 13, 
"O- LOW ye the trumpet, blow 



«i.J^ The gladly solemn sound ! 
Let all the nations know, 
To earth's remotest bomid : 
The year of Jubilee is come ; 
Return, ye ransom'd sinners, honiQ, 



Exalt the Lamb of God, 

The sin-atoning Lamb ; 

Redemption by his blood, 

Thro' idlthe world proclaim s 
The 3-ear of Jubilee is come ; 
Return, ye ransom'd sinners, home? 



\e who have sold for nought, 

\ our heritage above. 

Come, take it back unbought, 

The gift of Jesu's love : 
The year of Jubilee is come ; 
Return, ye ransom'd sinnei:s, home, 



Ye slaves of sin and hell, 

Your libertv receive ; 

And safe in Jesus dwell. 

And blest in Jesus live : 
The year of Jubilee is come; 
Return, ye ransom'd sinners, homei 



The gospel trumpet hear, 
The news of pard'ning grace ; 
Ye happy souls, draw near, 
Behold your Saviour's face : 

The year of Jubilee is come ; 

Return, ye r^nsonrd singers, home, 




9 



4 



5 



.m REDEMPTION. 



Jesus, our great High-Priest^ .gflkj 

Has full atonement made ; 

Ye weary spirits rest , 

Ye mournful souls be glad ! 
The year of Jubilee is come : 
-Return^ ye ransomM sinners, home. 

525 8. 4, Medley. 

Redemption, Psalm Ixxxix, 15. 

HAIL ! mighty and victorious Lord,^ 
Worthy art thou to be ador'd. 
Who long before time's round began, 
Laid the vast, wise, and wond'rous plan^* 
To ransom ev'ry chosen man 
To endless day. 

[This is the grace which cheers my heart. 
Removes my pain, and soothes my smart 
That Jesus bore my sins away, 
While hanging on th' accursed tree, 
That I with him might happy be 
To endless day. 

3 

To him and none but him FU fly, 
That ark of safety ever nigh ; 
O, that my soul may humbly sit 
Like Mary, at my Saviour's feet, 
And hold with him communion sweety 
To endless day .J 
4 

Ye heav'nly soldiers, still press on, 
In Jesus see the conquest won ' 
Bright palms of vict'ry you shall bear^ 
And crowns of glory you shall wear, 
Aiid in his kingdom have a share 
I'o endless day. 



Redemption. 



5 

*rhere shall we in sweet chorus join, 
Where saints and angels all combine 
To sing of everlasting love. 
When rolling years shall cease to move,, 
And this shall our theme above. 
To endless day. 

526 8. 7. 4, 

Finished Redemption, John xlx* 30. 

HARK ! the voice of love and meixy, 
Sounds aloud from Calvary ! 
See ! it rends the rocks asunder, 
Shakes the earth, and veils the sky ! 

It is finished !" 
Hear the dying Saviour cry ! 

2 

It is finished — O what pleasure 
Do these charming words afford ! 
Heav'nly blessings without measure,, 
I low to us from Christ the Lord : 
"it isfinish"d!"— 
Saints, the dying words record. 

3 

Finished, all the types and shadows 

Of the ceremonial law ! 

Finished all that God had promised 5 

Death and hell no more shall awe : 
It is finished!''— 
K Saints, from hence your comfort drawv 
\< - 4 

^ [Happy souls, approach the table, 

Taste tiie soul-reviving food ; 

?<othing-s half so sweet and pleasant 

As the Saviour's liesh and blood : 

"It 'is finished i'^ 

Christ hdi) boiue tlie heavy load>] 



527 REFUGE IN GOD, 

5 

Tune your harps anew, ye seraphs. 
Join to sm^^ the pleasing theme j 
AW on earth J and all in heav'n. 
Join to praise ininicinuePs name ! 
Hallelujah ! 

Glory to the bleeding Lamb ! 

527 VJ. SfeeJp. 

God a Re fuge in Trouble^ Psalm xlvi. 1« 
, EAR refuge of my weary soul, 
On thee, when sorrows rise. 
On thee, when waves of trouble rollj 
My fainting hope relies, 
2 

To thee, I tell each rising grief, 

For thou alone canst liseal ; 
Thy word can bring a sweet relief, 

For ey'ry pain I feel. 

3 

[But O ! when gloomy doubts prevail, 

I fear to call thee mine ; 
The springs of comfort seem to fail, 

And all my hopes decline, 
4 

Yet, gracious God, where shall I fiee ? 

Thou art my only trust ; 
And still my soul would cleave to thee^ 

Tho' prostrate in the dust.] 

Hast thou not bid me seek thy face ? 

And shall i seek in vain ? 
^nd can the ear of sov'reign grace 

Be deaf when I complain ? 

6 

still the ear of sov'reign grace 
Aitead^ the mourner's pray'r^ 



© rn-v T eyer find access 

To breathe my sorrows t! ere ! 

T 

Thy mercy-seat is opeii still, 

Here let my soal retreat ; 
W itli humble hope attend thy will^ 

And wait beneath thy feet. 

i 538 7s. Cennick. 

Jlejoicmg in Hope^ Ish. xxxv. 10. Luke xii. SS^ 

C CHILDREN of the heavenly King, 
y As ye journey, sweetly sing 5 
Sing youi' Saviour's worthy praise^ 
Glorious in his works and ways, 
2 

Ye are travelling home to God^ 
Ln the way the father's trod ; 
They are happy now, and ye 
Soon their happiness shall see* 
3 

I [O ye banish'd seed, be glad ! 
I . Christ our Advocate is made « 
I "L's to save, our flesh assumes, — ^ 
Brother, to our souls becomes.] 
4 

Shout, ye little flock, and blest ! 
lou on Jesifs throne shall rest ; 
1 here your seat is now prepared,-— 
There your kingdom and reward. 

5 

Fear not, brethren, joyful stand 
^ On the borders of your land ; 
Jesus Christ, your Father's Son, 
Bids you undismayed go oil. 

6 

Lord ! subihissive make us go^ 
Oiadly leaving ail below 3 



53i, 5S2 REQUEST.— RESIGNATION. 

My cor. science sprinkle with thy blood,^iWI|r 

And fill me with the love of God. 

531 L. \U Xnvton. 

AsJc, what I shall give thee ? 1 Kings, iii. 5. 

C^; OR 0, dost thou say • Ask what thou wilt 
1 i 1 gladly sieze the golden hour 5 
1 pray to be released from guiltj 
And freed from sin and satan's pow'r.] 
2 

More of thy presence, Lord, impart^ 
?*lore of thy image let me bear ; 
Erect thy throne within my hearty 
And reign without a rival there. 

3 

Give me to read niy pardon seal'd, 
And from thy joy to draw my strength j 
To have thy boundless love reveaPd, 
In all its height; and breadth, and length* 
4 

Grant these requests— 1 ask no more^ 
But to thy care the rest resign ; 
Sick, or in health, or rich, or poor. 
All shall be well, if thou art mine. 



RESlGN^iTIOM 
B32 C. M. Rervey. 

Unerring Wisdom. 

THRO' all the downward tracts of timCg 
God's watchtul eye surveys; 
O ! who so wise to choose our lot. 
And regulate our ways ? 

2 

£1 cannot doubt his bounteous love^ 
Unmeasurably kindp 



RESIGNATION. 



To his iiiierring, gracious will 
Be ev'ry wish resign'd.] 
3 

Good when he gives, supremely good, 

Nor less, when he denies ; 
Ev'n crosses from his sovereign hand^ 

Are blessings in disguise* 
4 

^ In thy fair book of life divine, 
iVly God, inscribe my name ; 

There let it fill some humble place, 
Beneath my Lord, the Lamb.' 

533 CM. Beddome. 

Resignation^ Psalm xxxi. 15. 

MY times of sorrow and of joy, 
Great God ! are in thine hand ; 
My choicest comforts come from thee, 
And go at thy command. 

2 

if thou shouldst take them all away, 

Yet would I not repine ; 
Before they were possessed by me, 

They were entirely thine, 
3 

Kor would I drop a murm'ring word, 
Tho' the whole world were gone|. 

But seek enduring happiness 
In thee, and thee alone. 

4 

What is the world, with all its joj^sS 
% 'Tis but a bitter sweet ; 
^When I attempt to pluck a rose, 
A pricking thorn 1 meet* 
5 

Here, perfect bliss can ne'er he found J 
^ The honey's mix'd with gall 3 



§34 DESIGNATION. 



Blidst changing scenes and dying friends^ 
Be thou my All in All. 

534 C. M. Green. 

Resignation^ 1 Sam. iii. 18. 

IT is the Lord — enthronM in light^ 
Whose claims are ail divine 5 
Who has an undisputed right, 
To govern me and mine. 

2 

It is the Lordj who gives me all 

My wealth, my friends, my ease 
And, of his bounties, may recal 
I Whatever part he please. 

3 

It is the Lord — should I distrust^ 

Or contradict his will ? 
Who cannot do but what is just^ 

And must be righteous still ! 

4 

[It is the Lord-r-who can sustain 

Beneath the heaviest load ; 
Trom whom assistance I obtain, 

To tread the thorny road.] 
5 

It is the Lord — whose matchless skill, 

Can from afflictions, raise 
Matter eternally to fill 

With ever-growing praise. 

6 

It is the Lord — my covenant God, 

Thrice blessed be his name ! 
Whose gracious promise seaPd with bloodj 

Must ever be the same. 

7 

His coA^'nant will my soul defend 
Should nature's self expire 



RESURRECTION OF THE BODY. 5S5 



And the great judge of all, descend, 
In awful liaaies of tire ! 

8 

And can my soul, with hopes like these. 

Be sullen or repine ? 
Psoj gracious God ! take what thou please^ 

1 o thee I all resign. 

[See also Hymn 603.] 

535 8. 7. Lee. 

Resurrection of ilie Bodi/, 1 Thes. iv. 16, 17» 

SEE ! the Captain of salvation. 
Lead his armies up the sky : 
Rise ahove the coniiagration. 
Leave the world to bani and die. 

2 

Lo ! I see the fair immortals, 
Enter to the blissful seats ; 
dory opens wide her portals, 
And the 6aviour*s train admits. 

3 

All the chosen of the Father, 
All for whom the Lamb was slain; 
Ail the church appear tovrether, 
WashM from ev'ry sinful stain. 

4 

[There is found no vacant station, 
tsor a single throne unfill'd, 
All enjoy the same salvation, 
W horn he lov'd, and bought, and seaPd.] 
5 

Ills dear smiles the place enlighten 
More than thousand suns could do ; 
All around, his presence brightens 
Chajigelesb; yet for ever new. 



636 RIGHTEOUS BLESSED. 



6 

Countless millions, sons of heaven. 
Praise the Triune Deity ; 
Hymns of worship and thanksgiving^ 
Echo through immensity. 

7 

[Blessed state ! beyond conception J 
Who its vast delights can tell ? 
May it be my blissful portion, 
With my Saviour, there to dwell,] 

536 S. M. Kent. 

It shall be icell icitli the Righteous^ Ish. 

HAT cheering words are these ! 
Their sweetness who can tell ? 
In time and to eternity, 

^Tis with the righteous well. 

2 

[In ev'ry state secure^ 
Kept by Jehovah's ej-e, 
'^Tis well with them while life endure^ 
And well when calPd to die.] 
3 

^Tis w^ell when joys arise^ 
'Tis well when sorrows flow ; 
^^Tis well when darkness veils the skie% 
And strong temptations blow. 

4 

pTis well when on the mount 
They feast on dying love ; 
And 'tis as well in God's account. 
When they the furnace prove.] 
: 5 

^Tis well when at his throne. 
They wrestle, weep, and pray ; 
'Tis well when at his feet they groa% 
f Yet bring their wanes away^ 




RIGHTEOUS BLESSED.— RIVER. 5Sf 

6 

^Tis well when Jesus calls 
From earth and sin arise ; 
^'^ Join with the host of virgin souls, 
lUade to salvation, wise.*' 

537 (i St Part) L. M, Gibbons^, 

Rising to God, Eccl. xii. 7. 

OW let our souls on wings sublime., 
Rise from the vanities of time, 
Draw back the parting veil, and see 
The glories of eternity, 

2 

Born by a new celestial birth, 
Why should we grovel here on earth ? 
Why grasp at transitory to3^s^ 
So near to heavVs eternal joys ? 

3 

Should ought begile us on the road, 
VVhtm we are walking back to God f 
For strangers into life we come, 
A^d dying, is. but going home. 

4 

W^elcome, sweet hour of full discharge, 
That sets our longing souls at large ; 
Ilxbiuds our chahis, breaks up our cell, 
An l gives us with our God to dwell. — ? 

5 

To dwell with God, to feel his hwe, 
Is the full heav'u enjtty'd above; 
Arid tiie s^\eet expectatiod nov/ 
Is the young dawn of heaven below* 

537 f2nd. Part.) C. M. 

}V , ')}' GocVs everlasting Love] Psalmxivi, 4, 
^ ^ ^ W.iL is a River that sup[?iies 
JL The church of God btlow ; 





533 WAY TO HAPPINESS. 

And living streams of water pure, - '^^W^W 
In rich abundance flow. 

2 

Salvation, peace, and pardoning love. 

Flow from the Saviour's veins j 
To heal disorders of the mind, 

And cleanse the deepest stains. 

3 

The weary saint, the mournful soul, 

Here find a sweet relief, 
To sooth their sorrows and complaints^ 

And banish all their grief. 

4 

From Sion's blissful throne above, 

To Sion's courts below. 
The streams of everlasting love, 

In Christ, to sinners^ flow. 

5 

O for this love, let Sion's sons 

Jehovah's grace adore. 
Till calPd to drink of purer joys 

On the eternal shore. 

ROAD. 
538 C. M. Gibbons. 

Holiness the Way to Happiness^ Psalm Ixxxiv.J • 

IF I have, Lord, ne'er yet begun «^ 
To tread the sacred road, 
O teach my wandering feet the way 
To Sion's blest abode ! 

2 

Or, if I'm travelling in the path, 

Assist me with thy strength, 
And let me swift advances make, 

And reach thine heay'w at length ! 



ROAD TO HE ANEN AND HELL, m 



3 

My care, my hope, my first request^ 

Are all comprised in this, 
To follow where thy saints have ledj 

And then partake their bliss. 

539 C. M. 

Road to Heaven and Hell, Matt. vii. 13, 14 

WIDE is the gate, and broad the waj 
Which leads to endless woe ! 
Sly soul, beholdj what raultitudeSj 
Down to perdition go ! 

2 

But yonder — see that narrow path^ 

Which leads to endless bliss ; — 
There see a happy, chosen few 

Redeem'd by sovereign grace. 

3 

^hey from destruction's city came— 

To Sion upward tend ^ — 
The Bible is their precious map, 

And God J himself^ their friend. 

4 

Dear Lord, I would a pilgrim be. 

Guide thou my feet aright ; 
I would not for ten thousand worlds^ 

Be banish'd from thy sight. 

5 

^Tis heav'n to see thy blissful face 

I long to dwell above, 
To feast on thy unbounded stores, 

And praise redeeming iuv^> 



649 



SABBATm 



SABBATH. 



\ 540 (First Part) L. M. 

Sabbath Mornings Kev. i. 10. 

COME, dearest Lord, and bless this day, 
Come, bear our thoughts, from earth awaj 
Now, let our noblest passions rise 
With ardour to their native skies. 

- % 

Come, holy Spirit, all divine, 
W ith rays of light upon us shine ; 
And let our waithig souls be blest, 
On this sweet day of sacred rest. 

3 

Then when our sabbaths here are o'er. 
And we arrive on Canaan's shore, 
Yv'^ith all the ransom'd, we shall spend 
A sabbath, which shall never end. 

i40 (Sod Part) L. M, Xewton. 

Sabbath Morning, 7 Cor. xvi. 2. 
OW v/eicome to the saints when pressed 
With six days noise, and care and toi!^ 
Is the returning day of rest. 
'Which hides them from the world awhile ! 
2 

Now, from the throng withdrawn away^ 
They seem to breathe a diit 'rent air 5 
Compos'd and softenM by the day. 
All things another aspect wear. 

3 

V/ith jo}^ they hasten to tlie place. 
Where they the Saviour oft have met 5 
Aid *vhile they feast upon his grace, . 
TiiQii burdens and their griets forgeti 




SABBATH. 540j 54fr 



4 

This highly-favour'd lot is ours^ 
Mny we the privilege improve ; 
And find these consecrated hoiirs^ 
Sweet earnests of tire joys above. 

5 

We thank thee for thy day, O Lord : 
Here, we thy promisM presence seek ; 
0[)en thine hand, with blessings storMj 
And give us manna for the week. 

540 (3d. Pt.) L. M. Stenneth 

Sabbath Morning. 

ANOTHER six days' work is done. 
Another sabbath is begun : 
Eeturn, my soul, enjoy thy rest. 
This is the day thy God has blest^ 
2 

Come, bless the Lord, whose love assigi^^^ 
So sweet a rest to wearied minds 5 
Provides an antepast of heav'n. 
And gives this day the food of sev'np 
3 

O may our prayVs and praises rise, 
As grateful incense to ;he skies ; 
And draw from heavVi,, that sweet repose^ 
Which none, but he who feels it knows^ 
4 

I In holy duties may the day, 

In sweetest pleasures, pass away 5 
How sweet a sabbath thus to spend 
In hope of one that ne'er shall end. 

541 C. M. De Courcips Col 

Sabbath Morning. 

COME, let us join with sweet accorij 
In hymns around the throne ; 

y 2 



^42, 543 



SABBATH. 



This is the day our rising Lord 
Hath made and caii'd his own* 

This is the day which God hath biest^ 

The bi ightest of the sev'n 5 
Type of that everlasting rest^ 

The saints enjoy in heav'ri. 

542 C. Dc Courcy-s Col 

Sabbath Morning, 
i HE Lord of sabbaths let us praise 
In concert with the blest 5 
And in most sweet harmonious laySj 
Employ this day of rest. 

O may we still remember thee, 

And more in knowledge grow 5 
And may we more of glory see^ 

A¥hile waiting here below. 

On this sweet day a brighter scene 

Of glory was displayed 
By God, th' eternal WORD, than wheti 

This universe was made. 

4 

He rises, who our souls hath bought 
With blood, and gi'ief, and pain ; 

"*''Twas great, to speak the world from nought 
^Twas greater to redeem ! 

543 C. M, , Ber ridge. 

Sabbath Morning Psalm cxviii. 24. 
^ N this sweet morn my Lord arose, 
Trium]>hant o^er the grave ! 
He dies to vanqaish all my foes, 
And lives again, to save. 

2 

£1 bless the Lord, and hail the morn, 
it is my Lord^s own day ^ 



SABBATH. 



544 



And faUhful souls, will surely scor^ 
To doze the hours away. 

3 

This is the day for holy rest^ 

Yet clouds will gather soon. 
Except the Lord becomes my gues% 

And pats ray harp in tune. 

4 

No heav'nly fire my heart can raise 

Without the Spirit's aid ; 
His breath must kindle pray'r and praise^ 

Or I am cold and dead.] 
5 

On cdl the flocks thy spirit pour, 

And saving health convey; 
A sweet refreshing Sunday showi'j 

Will make them sing and pray. 

6 

I^Direct thy shepherds how to feed 

The flocks of thy own choice ; 
Give savour to the the heav'idy bread, 

And bid the folds rejoice.J 

54^^ C. M. Mason aUered, 

Sabbath Morning, 

COME, dearest Lord, and feed thy sheepj 
On this sweet day of rest: 

may we all assembled here. 
Be with thy presence blest. 

. 2 

Welcome, and precious to my soul^ 

Are these sweet days of love ; 
But v/hat a sabbath shall I keep, 

Wiien I shall rest above ! 

3 

1 come, I w^it, I hear, [ pra}^, 

T/'y l'y)tsteps, Lord, I tra':e 3 



^43 



SABBATH. 



Here, in thine own appointed way^ 
I wait to see thy face* 
4 

JThese are the sweet and precious days 
On which my Lord Fve seen; 

And oft, when feasting on his word, 
In raptures I have been.] 
5 

IP I if my soul, when death appears. 
In this sweet frame be found ; 

Pd clasp my Saviour hi my arms, 
And leave this earthly ground.] 
6 

3 long for that delightful hour, 
When from this clay undrest ; 

I shall be clothM in robes divine. 
And made for ever blest. 



545 c. M. 

Sahbatli Mornings Psalm xvi. II* 
HAPPY souls, who dwell above. 
In God's immediate sight ; 
n^liey glow with everlasting love, 
And shine divinely bright. 

2 

O what a sabbath they enjoy, 

Now freed from ev"ry sin ; 
'While Jesu's love is their employ, 

And endless praise their theme. 

S 

O may I breathe that heav'nly air, 

liAnd feast on joys divine ; 
And sing, and praise my Saviour there^ 
And in his image shine. 

4 

* Thy presence beams eternal day, 
O'er aiithe blissful place j 



SABDATH. 



§46, 54S 



Wlio would not drop this load of clay, 
And die to see thy face 

546 (ifttPt) S M. Hoskins. 

Sabbath Morning, Luke xxiv. 34* 

TO-DAY the Saviour rose : 
Our Jesus left the dead ; 
He conquer'd our tremendous foeSj 
And Satan captive led. 

2 

He left his glorious throne, 
To make our peace with God j 
Blessings for ever on his name, 
He bought us with his blood. 

3 

For us, his life he paid ; 
For us, the law fulfilled ; 
On him our loads of guilt were laid | 
We by his stripes are heaPd. 

4 

Ye saints, adore his name, 
Who hath such mercy shown ; 
Ye sinners, love the bleeding Lamb, 
And make his praises known, 

54fr (2d. Pt.) 7s. Kewton altered. 

Sabbath Morning. 

SAFELY thro' another week, 
God has brouglit us on our way j 
Let us now a blessing seek. 
Waiting in his courts to-day : 
Day of all the week the best, 
. Emblem of eternal rest ! 

2 

While we seek supplies of grace^ 
Thro' the dear iledeemer's namCj 



547 SABBATH^ 

Shew thy recorjciling face, 
Take away om sin and shame s 
From our worldly cares set free ; 
May we rest this day in thee. 

3 

Here we're come thy name to praise 5 
Let us feel thy presence near ; 
JVf ay thy giory^ meet our eyes, 
While we in thy house appear: 
flere afford us, Lord, a taste 
Of our everlasting feast. 

^ 4 
May the gospel's joyful sound 
Conquer sinners, comfort saints ^ 
Make the fruits of grate abound 5 
Brino' relief for all complaints : 
Thus let all our sabbath's prove, 
Till w^e join the church above, 

547 148th. Scott. 

Sabbath Morning, 
A WAKE, our drowsy souls, 
jTIl. And burst the slothful band ; 
The wondeis of this day 
Our noblest songs demand : 
Auspicious morn ! thy blissful rays 
Blight seraphs hail, in songs of praisel 
2 

At iiiy approaching dawn, 

Keiuciant deEith resign'd 

The glorious prince of life. 

In dark domains coniin'd : 
Th' angelic host around him bends, 
And midst their sho;us the GOD ascendjs, 



1 



All hail, trium::.aant Lord I 
tieav'ii wilh iioocicnas rings ^ 



SABBATH. 



■While earth J in humbler strains 
Thy praise responsive sings : 
tWorthy art thou, who once vvas slain^ 
Thro' endless years to live and reign. 
4 

Gird on, great God, thy sword ^ 

Ascend thy conqu'ring car, 

While justice, truth, and love^ 

Maintain the glorious war : 
Victorious thou, thy foes shalt tread, 
And sin and hell in triumph lead. 

5 

[Make bare thy potent arm. 

And wing th' unerring dart^ 

With salutary pangs. 

To each rebellious heart : 
Then dying souls for life shall sue, 
-Numerous as drops of morning dew, 
6 

Then shall the spacious earth. 

Beneath thy sceptre bend ; 

And peace, her olive-branch, 

And balmy wings extend : 
The dews of heav'n enrich the ground. 
And paradise shall bloom around.] 

548 148th. Hay ward. 

Sabbath Morning, 

WELCOME, delightful morn, 
Thou day of sacred rest j 
I hail thy kind return, 
Lord, make these moments blest j 
From the low train of mortal toys, 
I soar to reach immortal joys. 

2 

Now may the King descend^ 
And fill his throne of grace ;j 



549,55® SiBBATH. 



I 



Thy sceptre, -Lord, extend,1 

While saiuts address thy lace : 
Let sniDers feci thy quick'ninn word 
And learn to know and fear the Lord* 
3 

Descend, celestial Dove, 

With all thy quick'nin^ pow'rs, 

Disclose a Saviour's love, 

And bless tliese sacred hours : 
Thea shall my soul iiew life obtain, 
fsor sabbath's e'er be spent in vain. 

549 L. M. DiHldridge. 

The Eternal Sabbath, Meb. iv. 9. 

THINE earthly sabbaths, Lord we love^ 
But there's a nobler rest above^; 
To that our longing souls aspire. 
With cheerful hope and strong desire. 

2 

No more fatigue, no more distress, 
Nor slu, nor hell, shall reach the pla^ 
l<-j groans shall mingle with the songs, 
W'hich warble from immortal tongues. 

3 

No rude alarms of raging foes, 
TSo cares to break the long repose; 
No midnight shade ; no clouded sun. 
But sacred, high, eternal noon. 

4 ■■' z 

O long-expected day, begin, 
Davvn-on these realms of woe and sin ; 
Fain would we leave this weary road, 
And sleep in death, to rest with god. 

550 (1st Pi.) C. Brow?2. 

Sabbath Evening, 
REQU^^N T the day of God returnSj 
^ To shed its quick'mng beani^j 



SABBATH* 



55a 



And yet how slow devotion burn^j 
How languid are its flames ! 

2 

Accept our faint attemps to love^ 

Our fiailties. Lord, forgive ; 
We would be like thy saints above, 

And praise thee while we live. 

3 

Increase, O Lord, our faith and hope^ 

And fit us to ascend, 
Wliere the assembly ne'er breaks up, 

And sabbaths never end : 
4 

[Where we shall breathe in heav'nly ai|^ 

With heav'nly lustre shine ; 
Before the throne of God appear, 

And feast on love divine. 

5 

There shall we sing, and never tire, 

But sound immortal lays ; 
And with the bright seraphic choir 

Shout our Immanuel's praise.] 

550 (2nd Pt.) C. M. Cemiick, 

Sabbath Evening. 
HEN, O dear Jesus, when shall I 
Bt4iold thee all serene ; 
Blest in perpetual sabbath-day, 
Without a veil between t 
2 

Assist me while I wander here 

Amidst a world of cares ; 
Incline my heart to pray with love, 

And then accept my pray'rs. 

S 

Shy Spirit, O my Fatlier, give, 
iTo be my guide and friend p 




551 



SABBATH. 



To light my path to ceaseless joys^ 

AVlieie sabbaths never end. .^gggjgH 

i55l 7s. (jrornvm. 

Sabbatic Year, Lev. xxv. ^—13. 

("^ OD of sabbaths, Israel's (.ord, 
H" Thee we'll praise with one accord 5 
Hear our humble, earnest pray'r, 
Haste the great sabbatic year.'^ . 

2 

Now thy glory to us shew^ 
Give a taste of heav'n below 5 
Lord, to thee we bow in prayV. 
Haste the great sabbatic year.*'' 
3 

Now the captive sinners free, 
Now declare thy jubilee; 
Now accomplish this our pray'r^ 
Haste the great sabbatic year.*' 
4 

Now the senseless sinner wound. 
Let the strong man arm'd, be bound ; 
Spread thy gospel, hear our pray'r, 
Haste the great' sabbatic year.'' 
5 

[Now thy word with pow'r endue, 
Let it wound, and quicken too ; 
Make them fly to thee in pray V, 
" Haste the great sabbatic year.'' ^jj^^ 

Now let thoughtless souls awake, 
All their follies now forsake ; 
Answer, Lord, our daily pray'r^ 
^' Haste the great sabbatic year."] 
7 

Bring the joy All sabbath on, 
Let ilie goSj^>ei tidiijgs run ; 



SACRAMENT. §52 

Then in ceaseless praise well sing, 
Hallelujah to our king. 



S ICRJi ^ JE VT; 

OR, LORD'S SUPPER. 



5o2 S. M. FeU(av9. 

Ministe s^ Address to neiv Members, 
|jk EAR friends^ as you have own'd 

|P 3Jf The Saviour for your Lord ; 
-And to his people join'd yourselves^ 
According to his word : 
2 

Tn Sion you must dwell, 
Her altar ne'er forsake ; 
\&Iust come to all her solemn feasts, 
And all her joys partake. 

3 

She must employ your thoughts, 
And your increasing care ; 
Her welfare be vour constant wishj> 
And her increase your pray'r. 

4 

[With humbleness of mind 
Amongst her sons rejoice ; 
A meek and quiet spirit, is 
With God, of highest price] 
5 

Never oflend, or grieve 
Your brethren in the wa}^ ; 
But shun the dark abodes of strife^ 
Like children of the dav. 

6 ' 

[Highly in love esteem 
Your pastor in the f.ord ; 
He breaks the !)read of life to yoil; 
Aiid lubour;? in the word.j 



553 SACRAMENT OP > 

'IMI 

553 L. M Davie's. 

On the first ApproacJi at the Lord^s Taht^ 
John xiii. 13. 
ORD, I am thine, entirely thine, • 
Piuchas'd and sav'd by blood divine j 
With full consent thine I would be, 
And own thy sovereign ridit in me. H 
2 ^ 

Here, Lord, my flesh, my soul, my alJ^ 
I yield to thee, beyond recal ; 
Accept thine own so long withheld^ 
Accept, what I so freely yield ! 




Grant one poor sinner more a place^3 
Among the children of thy grace ; 
A wretched sinner, lost to Godj 
Bat ransomM by immanuel's blood. 

4 

Thine w^ould I live, ihine would I di| 
Be thine thro' all eternity i 
The vow is past beyond repeal, 
Now will I set the solemn seal. 

5 

Be thou the witness of my vow, 
Aiigeis and men, attest it too, 
That to thy board I know repair, 
And seal thy sacred contract there. 

6 

Here, at that cross, where flows tlie bloo^ 
That bought m}' o^uilty soul lor god, 
Tiiee, my new master, now I call, 
And consecrate to thee my all. 

7 

Do thoQ assist a f;-eb'e worm. 

The great engagement to pprfc)rm; ^ 

Tiiy grace can full assisranoe 1-nd, 

Aiid on that grace, I dare i^iepencif * 




r 



THE LORD^S SUPPER. 554, 555 



5o4 L. M. Hart. 

The helpless Sinner^ Luke xiv. 22. 
ilTY a helpless sinner. Lord, 
I would believe thy gracious word ; 
But own m}' heart, with shame and grief^ 
A sink of sm and unbelief 
2 

Lord, in th}^ house I read there's roonij 
And venturing hard, behold [ come ; 
But; can there — tell me — can there be^ 
Among thy children room for me ? 

3 

[I eat the bread, I drink the wine, 
But, O, my soul wants more than sign | 
1 famt, unless I feed on thee, 
And drink thy blood, as shed for me.] 
4 

For sinners, Lord, thou cam'st to bleed^ 
And I"m a sinner, vile indeed ! 
Lord, 1 believe thy grace is free 5 
O magnify that grace in me ! 

555 L. M. 

General Invitation of Believers to the Lor(F^ 
S upper y Gal. iii. 28. 

HOW pleasing is the sight to see 
Each sect and party thus agree ^ 
And sit around the Saviour's board^ 
A.S members of one common Lord 
2 

Here we behold the dawn of bliss ; 
Elere w^e beiiohi the Saviour's grace 5 
Here we behold his precious bloody 
IVhich sweetly pleads for us with God. 
3 

'Hear our request, while we implore, 
ITUcit love may spread from shore to shored- 



556 SACRAMENT OF 

Till all the saints, like us, combine, 
To praise the Lamb, in songs divine.J 
4 

To allj we freely give om- hand, 
Who love the Lord, in evTy lar d ; 
For ail are one, in Christ our head ; 
To whom be endless honours paid. 

5 

Let party names, those seeds of hell, 
No more in Christian bosom's dwell 5 
But love and union, by his blood. 
Prove them the chosen heirs of God. 

556 L. M. Fellows. 

Invitation — Gome in, ye blessed of the Lon 
Gen. xxiv. 31. 

AUGHTERS ofSion,ye who sing 
The lofty praises of your king 5 
Who in his solemn temple dwell, 
And of his boundless glory tell : 
2 

Call to the converts at your gate,— 
Wliy should they longer ling'ring wait ? 
Why should they longer fear or doubt ? 
Why should they longer stay without ? 

3 

[Gently reprove them for delay. 
In softest language chide their stay ; 
Strive with your Songs, their hearts to win J 
Ye blessed of tlie Lord, come in !'^J 

PAUSE. 
4 

" Come in, ye blessed of the Lord," — 
Ye that believe his holy word ; 
Come, and receive his beav'nly bread, 
The food with which his saints ai e fed* 




THE LORD'S SUFFER. 55r 



5 

V^our Saviour's boundless goodness prove, 
And feast on his redeeming love ; 
Come, all ye happy souls that ihirstj 
The last is welcome as the hrst. 

6 

Come to his table, and receive 
Whatever a pard'ning God can give I 
His love thro' ev^ry age endures ; 
His promise and himself are yours. 

557 C. Tnpladips Col 

My Flesh is Meat indeed^ John vi. 53 — 0(5* 

1_g LKE at thy lable. Lord, we meet, 
, A To feed on food divine : 
^1^1 hy body, is the bread we eat, 
j Thy precious blood, the wine. 
I 2 . . 

He that prepares this rich repast, 
' Himself comes down and dies 5 
And then invites us, thus to feast 
Upon the Sdcrihce. 

3 

[The bitter torments he endur'd 
j - Upon the shameful cross, 
For us, his welcojne guests, procured 
These heart-reviving;- joys.] 

^4 

I His body torn with rudest hands, 
I Becomes tlie finest bread ; 
j And, with the blessing he commands, 
' Our noblest hopes are fed. 

5 

j His blood, that from each op'ning vein 
'! V In piuple torrents ran, 
' Hath fili'd this cup v/j(h gen'rous wine, 
That cheers both God and man. 



653 



SACRAMENT OF 



6 

Sure there was never love so free, 

Dear Saviour, so divine ! 
Weil ihou may'st claim that heart of me^ 

Which owes so much to thine. ^ 
7 

Yes, thou shalt surely have my heart, 

M}^ soul, my strength, my all ; 
With life itself I'll freely part, 

My Jesus, at thy call. 

558 C. M. Cole. 

Paschal Lamb, 1 Cor. v. 7. John vi. 55. 
"1 RE AT God, we now surround thy board, 
^ To banquet and to feed : 
Thy flesh and blood, dear dying Lorc^ 
Is meat and drink indeed ! 

2 

Thy sacred flesh and saving blood. 

Do ev'ry type exceed ; 
'And we can say this heavenly food^ 

Is meat and drink indeed ! 

The paschal supper serv'd to shew/ 

How Jacob's tribes were freed 5 
And in a figure pointed to 

This meat and drink indeed ! 

4 

The manna, and the cheering stream.. 

For Israel's daily need, 
-Did in the wilderness proclaim, 

This meat and drink indeed I 
5 

This is the Lord's appointed feast, 

Enjoin'd on all his seed ; 
His ilesh and blood, O happy guests 

fo meat and drink indeed 1 



THE LORD'S SUPPER. 



6 

These sacred signs assist our sense, 

But faithj on Christ can feed 5 
He is the bread of excellence. 

And meat and drink indeed ! 

559 C. M. /. Stemeth 

Eaty O Friends^ Can. v. 1* 

LORD, at thy table I behold 
The wonders of thy grace ; 
But most of all admirev that I 
Should find a welcome place : j 
2 

I that am all defiPd with sin, 

A rebel to my God ; 
3 that have crucifyM his Son, 

And trampled on his blood. 

3 

What strange surprising grace is this, 

That such a soul has room ! 
My Saviour takes me by the hand, 

My Jesus bids me come, 
4 

^ Eat, O my friends/' the Saviour cries, 
^' The feast was made for you ; 

*^ For you I groan'd, and bled, and dy'd^ 
" And rose^ and triumphed too." 

5 

With humble faith, and thankful hearts, 

Lord we accept thy love ; 
*Tis a rich banquet we have had ; 

What will it be above ? 

6 

Had I ten thousand hearts, dear Lord, 

VW give them all to thee : 
Had I ten thousand tongues, they all 

Should join the harmony. 



560, 561 SACRAMExNT OF 



560 8, 8. 6. Godwin alter ecL 

Christ Crucified J John xix. 30. 

IS this niy Je>^as^, this my God^ 
Whose body all oxr staiaM with blood; 
Hangs on th' accursed tree ? 
^ Who bows his head, oppressed with pain \ , 
But midst it all doth not complain ? 
I'eSj O my soul; 'tis he ! 

2 

Is this my Saviour, tliis my Lord, 

Whose ieet and hands with nails are borV?, 

And fastened to the tree ; 
Whose sacred head with thorns is crown'dj 
W hose pierced side receives the wound ? 

Yes, O my soul, 'tis he ! 

3 

Is this my bleeding sacriUce, 

W^ho bows his head, and calmly die^, 

High lifted on the tree ; 
Unknow^n by Gentiles, scoff 'd by JewSj, 
\\ horn almost all mankind refuse ? 

Yes, O my soul, 'tis he I 
4 

And shall ray soul again forget, 
His love so free, immensely great ? 

O i never let it be ! 
But let me always see the Lamb, 
A nH truly praise his gracious name, 

To ail eternity ! 

561 5. 6. Wesley. 

Suffer ir.gs of Jesus ^ Lam. i. 12. 
LL 3'e that pass 'by, 
I- To Jesus draw nigh ; ; 
you is it nothing tliat Jesus should die ? 
Mr ransom and peace, 
surety lie is, 
^ if there ever was sorrow^ Tike hisi 



THE LORD'S SUPPER. 



562^ 



2 

The Lord, in the day 

Ot his anger, did lay 
Our sins on the Lamb, and he bore them away ; 

He dies to atone 

For sins not his own, 
The Father hath punishM for us his dear Son, 
3 

For sinners,, hke me, 

He dy^d on the tree ; 
His death is accepted, the sinner is free j 

My pardon I claim, 

A sinner I am, 
A sinner believing in Jesus's name. 

4 

[Love mov'd him to die, 

On this I rely, 
My Saviour hath lov'd me, I cannot tell why * 

But this I can find, 

We two are so joined, 
He'll not be in glory, and leave me behind !] 
5 

With joy we approve, 

The plan of ins love ; 
A wonder to ail, both below, and above ! 

Wlien time is no more, 

We still shall adore 
That ocean of love, without bottom or shore. 

562 (First Part) 8. 7. Lee. 

Surrender to Irifiaite Love, 

WHEN I view my Saviour bleeding^ 
For my sins upon the tree ; 
O bow wondrous ! — how exceeding 
Great his love appears to me ! 



562 



Sackament. 



2 

Floods of deep distress and anguisli 
To impede his labours came ; 
Yet they all could not extinguish 
Love's eternal burning flame* 
3 

Kow redemption is completed, 
Fuil salvation is procurd : 
Death, and >}atan^ are defeated 
By the suli 'rings he endur'd. 

4 

Now the gracious Mediator^ 
Risen to the courts of bliss ; 
Claims for me, a sinful creature. 
Pardon, righteousness, and peace* 
5 

[Sure, such infinite affection 
Lays the highest claim to mine : 
Ail ray pow'rs without exception^ 
Should in fervent praises' join. 

6 

Jesus ! fit me for thy service, 
Form me for thyself alone ; 
I am thy most costly purchase, 
Take possession of thy own. j 

S(j2 (Second Part.) 7s. HaweiB. 

Redeeming Love, John vii. 37« 

FROM the cross uplifted high, 
Where the Saviour deigns to di% 
What melodious sounds 1 hear. 
Bursting on my ravish'd ear ! 
^' Love's redeeming work is done, 
^' Come, and welcome, sinner come. 

2 

Sprinkled now with blood, the throne 
<i Whj beneath thy burdens groan ? 



SAFETY IN CHRIST, 



§63 



J: - ^ ^'5^' f ^.Miixi paid ; 
P- the 'uier r>iK' V S'^ th-:: S. 
^Gxii^^ and welco^^M . suaici c^ ;;ne^ 

Spread for thee^ the f^^st^l board 
*^ bee vviih l ichest daiiities stor'd^ 

To thy rat/ier's bosom prest, 
<^ Yet again a cb'Id contest ; 

]\ever from his bonse to roatu, 

Come, and welcome, sinner come*, 
i 4 
I Soon the days of life sh ill end^ 
*^ Lo ! 1 corne. your Saviour, friend I 

Safe your spirits to convey 

To the reahns of endless day : 
^' Up to nj}' eternal home, 

Come, and welcome, sinner come." 



563 C. M. J\nvton. 

Will ye also go away ? John vi. 66, 67»' 
% / ^^^^^ ^*^y ^^^^^^ from Sion*s way, 
f f (Alas what numbers do 1) 
Mel' links I hear my Saviour s 'y, 
VViit thou forsake me too 
2 

\ Ah, Lord ! with such a heart as mine^ 
Unless thou hold me fast, 
I feel I must, I shall decline, 
And prove like them at last. 

3 

[Y< t thou alone hast pow'r, I knoTT, 
'i o iiuve a wretch like rjie 3 



554 SAFETY IN CHRIST. 



To whom, or whither could I gOj 
If I should turn from thee ? 

4 

Beyond a doubt, I rest assurM 

Thou art the Christ of God 5 
Who hast eternal life securM 

By promise and by blood.] 
5 

The help of men and angels ioin'd 
Could never reach my case 5 

Nor can I hope relief to find 
But in thv boundless o-race. 

6 

No voice but thine can give me rest, 

And bid my fears depart ; 
No love but thine can make me blest^ 

And satisfy my heart. 

7 

What anguish has that question stin 'd— 
" If I will also go ? 
Yet, Lord, relying on thy w^ord, 
I humbly answer, No ! 

564 I,. M. ^eele. 

To vjJiom sJiCiJ- ice go? John vi. G8 

THOU only sovereign of my heart, 
My refuge, my almighty friend, — 
And can my sou) from thee depart, 
On whom alone m.y hopes depend ? 

2 

Whither, ah ! whither shall I go, 
A wretched wand'rer from my Lord 
Can this dark world of sin and woe 
One glimpse of happiness alibrd ? 

3 

Eternal hfe thy words impart, 
On these my fainting spirit lives j 



SALVATION. 



Here sweeter comforts cheer my hearty 
Than all the round of nature gives. 

4 

Let earth's alluring joys combine, 
Vvliile thou art near, in vain they call; 
One smile, one blissful smile of thine. 
My dearest Lord, outweighs them all. 

5 

Thy name my inmost powVs adore, 
Thou art my life, my joy, my care ; 
Depart from thee — 'tis death— 'tis more, 
^Tis endless ruin, deep despair ! 

6 

Low at thy feet my soul would lie, 
Here safety dwells, and peace divine^ 
Still let me live beneath thine eye^ 
For life, eternal life, is thine. 



MLVATIOJsr. 
5Q3 L. M. Humphrey's Coh 

Free Salvation^ 2 Tim. i. 9. 

IONG ere the sun began his days, 
_J Or moon shot forth her silver rays, 
Salvation's scheme was tix'd, 'twas don^. 
In cov'nant by the Three in One. 

o 

The Father spake, the Son reply'd, 
The Spirit with them both comply'd : 
Grace mov'd the cause for saving maHj 
x\nd wisdom drew the noble plan. 

3 

The Father chose his only Son 
To die for sins that man had done, 
Immnnuel to the choice agreed. 
And thus secured a num'rous sci^ir 



i6G SALVATIONS. 

4 

Be sends his Spirit from above^ 
To call the objects of his love ; 

ot one shall perish, or be lost. 
Bis blood has bought them, dear they cost> 
5 

What high displays of sovereign grace I , 
What love to save a ruinM race ! 
3\sy soul, adore his lovely name, 
hy whom thy free salvation came. 

586 C. M. Middleton^s Col 

Complete Salvation, Psalm xxxv. 3. 
O AL V ATION, thro' our dying God, 
iv3 Is finishM and complete ! 
Be paid whatever his people ow'd, 
And cancell'd all their debt, 
2 

Salvation, from the depths of hell^ 

From seas of quenchless fire ; 
To yon sweet fields where angels dwellj 
And strike the golden lyre. 

£^ Salvation ! O melodious sound^ 

To wretched dying men ! 
Salvation, that from God proceed;^ 
And leads to God again.'] 
4 

Salvation now shall be my stay ; 

" A sinner sav'd," I'll cry ; 
Then gladly quit this mortal clay^ 
For better joys on high. 

5 

I [Salvation, to sweet harps of gold^ 
j My raptur'd soul shall sing, 
! i^^nd strike, while endless ages loll^ 
j Tbe ever tunef«l string. 




SALVATION. 



6 

'S^lvatioiij let the tidings fly, 
Thro' earth's remotest bound ( 

Till all the chosen heirs of grace, 
Shall tread celestial ground.] 

567 7s. Wilks. 

Wells o f Salvation^ Isaiah xii. 0. 

JESU'S precious name excels 
Jordan's streams, and Salem's well's 
Thirsty sinners, come and draw, — 
Quench the flames of Sinai's law, 
2 

[Fearful sinners, come and try. 
Draw and drink, with inward joy j 
Christ is fresli, and full, and free, 
Sinners, come, whoe'er you be.] 
3 

See the waters springing up, 
To revive your languid hope ; 
Fill your vessels, as it rolls. 
And refresh your v^^eary souls. 

4 

Lo ! the Spirit, now invites ! 
Lo ! the happy Bride unites ! 
Jesus calls, be not afraid, 
Lo ! for you the well was made ! 

5 

Justice, made it in the Lamb, 
Mercy, grants it thro' his name ; 
Faith, receives a full supply ; 
Those who drink it, cannot die? 

6 

[Careless sinners, let me tell, 
Not a drop is found in hell ; 
Not a drop, to ease your smart, 
Not a drop, to cool your heart, 
Z.2 



568, 569 SALVATION. 

7 

liaste ye to llie Lamb of God^ 
Seek SL Ivation in his blood ; 
In it there is boundless store, 
for ten-thousand thousands more.} 
8 

Constant tributes let us bring, 
t^. =r this soul refreshing spring j 
C onstant let our praises rise, 
Till we drink above the skies. 

568 8s. Chappeh 

Salvation, Acts iv. 12. 
AL Vat ION, how precious the sound, 
To sinners who see themselves lost 5 
To Jesus their praises redound. 
In Jesus they triumph and boast. 

Salvation is finished, and done, 
Salvation is sovereign and free $ 
Salvation by God^s equal Son, 
I^lyjoyand rejoicing shall be. 

3 

Solvation is only of God, 
To him all the praises are due ; 
Ye saints spread his honours abroad) 
Who finished salvation for you. 

4 

Soon shall we behold him above, 
For ever to sound his dear name ; 
To sing the sweet song of his love. 
Salvation to God and the Lamb ! 

589 8. 7. 4, Radford^ s CoL 

Free Salvationy 2 Tim. i. 9. 
ESUS is our great salvation, 
Worthy of our best esteem ! 





SAVIOUR, 



He has sav'd Iiis fav'rite nation j 
Join to sing aloud to him : 
He has sav'd us^ 
Christ alone could us redeem. 

2 

When involvM in sin and ruin, 
And no helper there was found j 
JesuSjOur distress was viewing 5 
Grace did more than sin abound ? 
He has calPd us, 
With salvation in the sound. 

. 3 

Free election, know by calling, 
Is a privilege divine : 
gaints are kept from final falling 5 
All the glory. Lord, be thine ; 
All the glory. 

All the glory, Lord, is thine. 

570 lOs. Pope^ 

Saviour^ Isaiah xi. 10. ch. xl. 3. 

ROM Jesse's root, behold a branch arls^, 
Whose sacred Flovv'r with fragrance Ms 
the skies : 

The sick and weak, the healing plant shall aid, 
From storms a shelter, and from he^t, a shade J 

2 

The Saviour comes! by prophecies foretold, 
Hear him,^ ye deaf ! and all ye blind, behold f 
No sigh, no murmur, the wide world shall hear^ 
1 Vom ev'ry eye, he wipes off ev'ry tear. 

3 

Hark ! a glad voice, the lonely desert cheers^ 

Prepare a way, a God, a God appears 
^' A God, a God,*^ the vocal hills reply, 
The rocks proclaim th* approaching Deity. 




All crimes shall cease, and ancient fraud shaft 
fail J 

Unerring justice, lifts aloft her scale : 
Peace o'er the world her olive wand extends, 
And white-robM innocence from heav'n de- 
scends. 

5 

Rise, crownM with light, imperial Salem, rise. 
Exalt thy towering head, and lift thine eyes : 
See heaven its dazzling portals wide display, 
And break upon thee, in a lk>od of day. 

6 

f The seas shall waste, the skies in smoke decay^ 
l^ocks fall to dust, and mountains melt away : 
But fixM his word, his saving pow'r remains, 
Thy realm for ever lasts, thy own Messiah 
reigns.] 

571 8. 3. Kdly. 

My Saviour^ 2 Sam. xxii. 3* 

IN form I long had bow'd the knee ; 
But nought attractive then could see, 
^Xo win my wayward heart to thee. 

My Saviour ! 

2 

[Yet oft I trembled when I thought, 
How I had sold myself for nought : 
But still against thy love I fought. 

My Saviour !] 

S 

When self-accused, I trembling stood, 
I promised fair, as any could ; 
Butnevej' valu'd thy dear blood, 

My Saviour ! 



PRESERVATION BY SEA. 



4 

Too soon the promise vain I prov'd. 
That sinners make, while sin is lov'd ; 
But still to thee J this heart ne'er mov'd. 

My Saviour ! 

5 

Thoiij whom I had so long withstood^ 
Thou didst redeem my soul with blood, 
And thou hast brought me nigh to God, 

My Saviour ! 

6 

Thro' storms and waves of conflict past, 
Thy potent arm has lield me fast, 
And thou wilt save me to the last, 

My Saviour ! 

7^ 

And when the voy'ge of life is o'er, 
And I h:ive gained the lieav'nly shore, 
1 then shall sing for evermore. 

My Saviour I 

572 • C. M. Mdhon. 

Fresvrvation hy Sea^ Fsalm cxxi. 8. 




OW are thy servants blessM, O Lord^ 
How sure is therr defence ! 



Eternal wisdom is their guide, 
Then' help, Omnipotence. 

2 

In fjreign realms, and lands remote, 

Supported by thy care, 
Tluo' burning chmes, they pass unhurt,. 

And breathe in tamted air. 

3 

When by the dreadful tempest borne^ 

Mi^}) on the broken wave, 
Thoy know ihou art not slov/to hear, 

IS or impotent to save. 



573 SEASONS OF THE YEAR, 



4 

The stoT j i h iH'dj t!ie winds retire, 

The tiiint ;oars fit thy command, 
At ihj cumiiiarsa is siiil. 

5 

In nvsht of da^i "^ers fears, ^.nd deaths, 

Thvi^oodnes^ vve'll ado^e ; 
Wedl praise t'lee ibrth}^ jiiercies past, 

And humbly hope for wove. 

6 

Our life, while thoii preserv'st that Hfe, 

Tliy sacrilice shall be ; 
And death, when death shall be our lot. 

Shall join our souls to thee. 



SEA^OAS OF THE FEAR. 
57S U M. H. — ^ 

Thou crotonest the Year with thy Goodness 
Psalm Ixv. 1 » . 
f"!^ HY providence, great God, we praise ; 
A How Good and great are all thy ways ! 
Thy bounty clowns our passing years, 
And dissipates our anxious fears. 

2 

Thy promise stands for ever fast, 

"While sun and moon, and earth shall lastj 

The laws of season shall endure, 

Till timej and sfars are known no more.. 

S 

Summer, and winter, cold, and heat, 
And night and day, in order meet, 
Seed time, and harvest, each succeed, 
Tpj)rove thv love; — ^supply our need> 



SEASONS OF THF YEAR. 



4 

fTlio' we havelonsj abus'd thy love, 
Thy grace and mercy still we prove } 
Thy v/ord is true, doth still appear^ 
*r!iy goodness crowns another year.J 
5 

' When years are past and seasons o'er^ 
We still shall prove t ly covenant sure 3 
A od in the shii):ng realms of blisSj 
Adore thy goodness and thy grace.' 

57^ I- M. Steele. 

Seasons of the Y dr^ Psalm cxlvii. 1 36 — i 
R AISE ye the Lord,— O blissful theme, 
JL To sing the honours of his name ! 
'Tis pleasure, 'tis divine delight : 
And praise is lovely in his sight. 

2 

[He veils the sky with treasurM show^rs^ 
On earth the plenteous blessing pours j 
i The mountains smile in lively green^ 
And fairer blooms the How'ry scene ] 
3 

i He speaks ! and swiftly from the skies 
1 To earth the so v- reign mandate flies j 

Observant nature hears his word^ 
I And bows obedient to her Lord. 

4 

Now thick descending flakes of sno\f| 
O'er earth a fleecy mantle throw ; 
Now glittering frost o'er all the plains 
Extends its universal chains. 

5 

At his fierce storms of icy hail, 
The shiv'ring povv'rs of nature fail ; 
Before his cold, what life can stand^ 
Uushelter'd by his guardian hand { 



5f5 SEASONS OF THE YEAE^ 



6 

He speaks ! the ice and snow obey^ 
And nature's fetters meit away ; 
Now vernal gales soft rising biov>' 
And murmi'ing waters aently liow.. 

7 

But nobler works his grace record, 
To Israel's sons he sends Ids word ; 
Ye favour'd tribes, your voices raise^ 
And bless your God in songs of praise. 



575 C. M. 

Prayer foi' icarm Weather^ after cold Win^^ 

and Rain ^ Job xxxvi. 3:2, 
fTl HOU, — who didst form the rolhng sphere^ 
JL And stretch the boundless skies ^ 
O ! dissipate our gloomy fears. 
When doubts and darkness rise. 

2 

Tho' thou hast seaPd the w^atVy clouds, 
Which pourM their torrents down : 

And stayM those proud imperious floods, 
Which overflowed the ground j 
3 

Yet those dark clouds still veil the sky, 

And hide the sun from sight ; 
The northern winds blast as they fly, 

And strike the bud with blight. 

4 

Lord, hear our humble earnest prayV, 

And chase the clouds away ; 
O let the cheering sun appear, 

With \}^cU7ntii from day to day. 



SEASONS OF THE YEAR. 576, 577 



5 

[Then will the face of nature wear, 

A pleading beauteous scene ; 
And fields with ranks of corn appear. 

And meadows dressM with green.] 

576 C. M. JS/ewto?!. 

TJie Spring improved, 

NOWj the long wishM-for spring is come^ 
How altered is the scene ! 
The trees and shrubs are dress'd in bloom^ 
The earth array 'd in green. 

2 

Where'er we tread, beneath our feet^ 

The clustering flowers spring ; 
The artless birds, in concert sweety 

Invite our hearts to sing. 

3 

JBut ah ! in vain I strive to join, 

Opprest with sin and doubt j 
1 feel 'tis winter still within, 

Tho' all is spring without. 

4 

O ! would my saviour, from on high, 
Break thro' these clouds and shine 5 

No creature then more blest than I, 
No song more loud than mine ! 

5 

Lord, let thy word my hopes revive, 

And overcome my foes ; 
make my languid graces thrive, 

And blossom like the rose ! 



G 



577 S. M. Gibbons, 

The Return of Spring celebrated* 
REAT God, at thy command 
Seasons ii^i order rise j 



m SEASONS OF THE YEAR. 



Thy pov/'r and love in concert reigu 
Thro' earth; and seas, and skies. 

2 

How balmy is the air ! 
How warm the solar beams ! 
^nd to refresh the ground, the rains 
Descend in gentle streams. 

3 

With grateful j3rciise, we own 
Thy providential hand. 
While grass for kine, and herbs and corn 
For men, enrich the land. 

4 

But greater still the gift 
Of thine incarnate Son ; 
By him forgiveness, peace, and jo}*, 
Thro' endless a^es run. 



SUMMER. 
578.. L. M. 

Prayer for Rain, 2 Chron. vi. 26, 2r« 
REAT God, v/e view thy chast'ning hand^. 
That turns to brass our fertile land 
Thy clouds withhold their rich supplies^ 
And parched nature fades and dies. 

2 

Revive our with'ring fields with rain^ 
Let fruitful show'rs descend again 5 
On thee, alone, our hopes rely, 
Lord, liear our humble earnest cry. 

3 

Then shall the withering corn arise, 
And wixvti its homage to the skies ; 
And with loud praises we will own 
Our hones denend on thee alone. 



SEASONS OF THE YEAR. 579, 58Q 



579 C. M. 

Praise for Rain, Psalm Ixviii. 9. 

THE Lord hath heard his people's cries^ 
Their pray'rs have reach'd his throne j 
The rain has falPn in rich supplies 5 
See what the Lord hath done ! 

2 

Thy promise holds for ever goodj 

While time, and years remain ; 
When thine Elijah's thee have su'd, 

Thou sendst a plenteous rain. 

3 

p See how the kind refreshing show'rs^ 

Supply the thirsty ground ; 
The springing grass, and painted flow ^'S^ 

O'er all the meads abound 
4 

Now nature blooms, and wears a smile^ 
And birds their Maker praise ; — 

Ye saints around his favour'd isle^ 
Your songs of praises raise.] 

580 L, M. 7'. . 

prayer for dry IVeatlier iih Harvests 

I OR D, of the earth, and seas, and skies, 
_J Thou sov'reign source of all supplies 5 
Now tliy pieparing hand employ, 
Our hearts to fill with food and joy. 

2 

£Let not deserved wrath destroy, 
Our high-rais'd hopes, of harvest-joy ; 
Thy care o'er ev'ry crop extend. 
And all the fruits of earth defend.] 
3 

May rip'ning suns, and fertile dews, 
Their g<.'nial influence diffuse 5 



.381 SEASONS OF. THE YE kH 



And each kind element roni ine. 
Our hearts to cheer with ' crn - wine* 
4 

FMay hill and valley join the J L 
T^ieir lite-p reserving stores to ; 
And ev^y rising rip'ning ear. 
Laden with finest fruits appear. 

Thus, may the heav'as, and teemino^ e^rth^ jJH| 
Bring their most precious treasures iortii } 
AVhiie crops in vast profusion rise. 
1 o wave their homaji-e to the skies.! ^ 

6 M 

X.ord of the harvest, thee we own ; 
Pour an abundant blessing down ; 
Say, as in ancient days, 111 give 
More than your garners can receive.'^ 

Ye sons of need, with fervour pray, ' mm 

To see a blest in-gathering day ; 
Then shall your joy -inspiring lays, 
Shout, " harvest home,'' in songs of praise** 
8 

And while we plead for earthly bread, 
That ev^ry creature may be fed 5 
O let eternal thanks be giv'n. 
For Christ, th' immortal bread of heav'n.] 

.581 c. M. 

Praise for dr 2/ We at her in Harvest, 

GRIi. AT God, to thee, with cheerful songs^^ 
Our humble thanks we bring 5 
A^ccept the praises of our lips, 
O, thou most bounteous king. 

2 

Thou hast dispersed the wat'ry clouds^ 
Aod cleaf 'd the darkened sk;^ j 



SEASONS OF THt: YEAR. 

To thee w^^ raise our grateful notes, 
VV ho brought salvation nigh. 

3 

[O may the sons of Adam knoWj 

That God will lend an ear 
To souls, who at his footsto >1 bow 

To hiai in humble pray V.J 

582 C. Keedham. 

Harvest Hymn^ Gen. viii. 22. 

TO praise the ever-bounteous Lord, 
My soul, wake ail thy posv'rs : 
He calls, and at his voice couie forlii 
The smiling harvest hours. 

2 

His covenant with the earth he keeps 5 
My tongue, his goodness sing ; 

Summer and w inter know their time, 
Bis harvest crow as the spring. 

3 

Well-pleas'd, the toiling swains behold 

The waving yellow crop ; 
With joy they oear tiie sheaves away, 

And sow again in hope. 

4 

£Thus teach me, gi'acious God, to sof*? 

The seeds of righteousness ; 
Smile on my sou', and vfiih thy beam?^ 

The rip'ning harvest bless. 

5 

^hen, in the last great harvest, I 

Sliall reap a glorious crop ; 
The harvest shall by far exceed 

What Ihdve sown in hope. J 



584 SEASONS OF THE YEAR. 



583 C- M. Keedham. 

Harvest — or, the Accepted Time^ Prov. x, 

SEEj how the little toiling ant 
Improves the harvest hours ; 
While summer lasts, thro' all her cell's 
The choicest stores she pours. 

2 

I^Sagacious she, without a guide, 

By instinct only led ; 
Fearful of want, in harvest hourj^ 

Provides her winter bread. 

3 

j^e'er be it said, that toiling ants, 

Lay up ther stock of grain ; 
And man neglects his great concer% 

Eternal life to gain.] 

4 

While life remains, our harvest lasts ; 

But youth of life's the prime ^ 
Best is this season for our work, 

And this th' accepted time. 

5 

* To-day attend,' is wisdom's voice 

' To-morrow,'— folly cries ; — 
And still to-morrow ^tis, p hen, O i 

To-day the sinner dies. 

6 

When conscience speaks, its voice regar4j^ 

And seize the present hour ; 
Humbly implore the promis'd grace. 
And God will give the pow'r. 

584 L. "vj. 
Autumn, Jer. viii. 20. 

GREAT God, as seasons disappear. 
And changes mark the rolling yearf 
As tim< , with rapid pinions flies, 
May ev'ry season make us wise* 



SEASONS OF THE YEAR. 



2 

[Long has thy favour crown'd our days^ 
And summer shed again its rays, 
ISo deadly cloud our sky has veii'd, 
No blasting v/inds our path assaiPd.] 
3 

Thf! liarvest months have o'er us rolPd, 
And fill'd our fields with waving gold ; 
Our tables spread, our garners stor'd I 
Where are hearts to praise the Lord ? 

4 

[Forbid it, source of Hght, and love. 
That hearts and hves should barren prove; 
With rapid wings, each season flies, 
May ev'ry season make us wise.] 
5 

The solemn harvest comes apace, 
The closing day of life and grace j 
Time of decision, awful hour! 
Around it let no tempest low^r ! 

6 

Prepare uSj Lord, by grace divine, 
Like stars in heav'n, to rise and shine ; 
Then shall our happy souls above, 
Keap the full harvest of thy love ! 

585 L, Ivl. Kexvtoiu 

JVinter. 

SEE, how the winter^s icy hand 
IJas stripped thetrees,andseaFd thegroimd^ 
But spring shall soon his rage withstand, 
And spread new beauties all around. 

2 

JNly soul a sharper winter mourns, 
Barren and fruiriess 1 remain , 
When will the^gentle spring return^ 
'^.ad bid my graces grow again ? 



386 



SEASONS OF THE YEAR, 



3 

Jesus, my glorious sun, arise ! 
'Tis thine the frozen heart to move ; 

! hush these storms, and clear my skies^ 
And let me feel thy vital love ! 

4 

Dear Lord, regard my feeble cry, 

1 faint and droop till thou appear : 
Wilt thou permit thy plant to die ? 
Must it be winter all the year ? 

5 

Be still, my soul, and wait his hour, 
With humble pray'r and patient faith j 
Till he reveals his gracious pow'r, 
Repose on what his promise saith. 

6 

He, by whose all-commanding word 
Seasons their changing course maintain, 
In pv'ry change a pledge affords, 
^' That none shall seek his face in vain.'^ 

589 C. M. Steele. 

Wiriter^ Job xxxviii. 30. 

STERN winter throws his icy chains, 
Encircling nature round ; 
JIow bleak, how comfortless the plains^ 
Late with gay verdure crown'd ! 

o 

A) 

IThe sun withdraws his vital beams, 
And light and warmth depart ; 

And drooping, lifeless nature seems 
An emblem of my heart. — 

3 

3VIy heart, where mental winter reigni^ 

In night's dark mantle clad, 
Corifin'd in cold inactive chainsij 

How desolate and sad ! 



SEEKING GOD. 



58? 



4 

Meturn, O blissful sun, and bring 

Thy soul. reviving ray ; 
This mental winter shall be springs 

This darkness cheerful day. 

5 

O happy state, divine abodCj 

Where spring eternal reigns ; 
And perfect day, the smile of God^ 

Fills all the heav'nly plains. 

6 

[Great source of light, thy beams display^ 

My drooping joys restore, 
And guide me to the seats of day^ 

Where winter chills no more.] 



SEEKING GOD, 



587 C. M. Mwton. 

that Iioere as in Months past ! Job xxix. 2^ 

SWEET was the time, when I first felt 
The Saviour's pard'ning blood 
Apply M, to cleanse my soul from guiltj 
And bring me home to God. 

2 

Soon as the morn the light reveaPd, 

His praises tun'd my tongue ; 
And, when the evening shades prevaiPd^ 

His love was all my song. 

3 

Jin vain the tempter spread his wileSj 
The world no more could charm } 

1 livM upon my Saviour's smiles, 
And lean'd upon his arm.] 

N 

A A 



588 SELF-DENIAL. 



In pray- r my soul drew near the Lord^ 

And saw his glory shine ; 
And, when I read his holy word, 

I calPd each promise mine. 

5 

[Then to his saints I often spoke 

Of what his love had done : 
But now my heart is almost broke, 

For all my joys are gone ] 
^6 

Now when the ev'ning shade prevails 

My soul in darkness mourns ; 
And when the morn tlie light reveals,. 

No light to me returns. 

7 

l^Iy prayers are now a chatt'ring noise. 

For Jesus hides his face; 
1 read, the promise meets my eyes, 

But will not reach my case. 

8 

Now satan threatens to prevail, 

And make my soul his prey ; 
Yet, Lord, thy mercies cannot fail, 

O come without delay ! 

588 (1st Pr.) C. M. Maxxvell 

Self-Denial^ Mark viii. 34. ' 

DOST thou, dear Jesus, suffer shame^ 
And bear the cross for me ? 
And shall I fear to own thy name, 
Or thy disciple be ? 

2 

Inspire my soul with life divine, 

And make me truly bold ; 
Let knowledge, faith, and meekness shine, 

^ojr love, nor zeal grow cold, 



SELF-DENIAL. 5S8.5S9 

o 

O 

p Let mockers scof^\ let men defame^ 

And trtat me with disdain 5 
Still may I glorify thy name, 

And count their slander gain.] 
4 

To thee I cheerful submit, 

And all my pow'rs resign ; 
Let ^visdom point oat what is fit, 

And I'll no more repine. 

588 (Si)d Ft) C, M. Little's Col 

Self-Denial^ Luke ix. 23. 
A ND must I part with all I have, 
JI%- My dearest Lord for t!iee ? 
It is but ri^ht ! since thou hast done 
?uuch more than this for me. 

2 

Yes, let it go ! — One look from thee 

Will more than make am<^nds 
For ail ihe losses I sustain 

Of honour, riches, friends. 

3 

Ten thousand w^orlds, ten thousand liveS; 

How worthless they appear 
ComparM with thee, supremely good ! 

Divinely bright and fau' ! 

4 

Dear Saviour ! — O, could I from thee 

A single smile obtain, 
Tho' destitute of all things else, 

I'd glory in ray gain. 

589 C. M. .hmlham. 

Good Shepherd, or the lost Sheep found^ 
Luke XV. 3 — 7. 

WHEN some kind shepherd from his fold. 
Has lost a straying sheep, 



590 PRA YER FOR BACKSLIDERS. ' 



Thro' vales, o'er hillsj he anxious rovesj 
And climbs the mountain's steep ; 
2 

But O the joy ! the transport sweet ! 

When he the wanderer finds ; 
Vp in his arms he takes his charge^ 

And to his shoulder binds. 

3 

Homew^ard he hastes to tell his joyS) 
And make his bliss complete : 

The neighbors hear the news, and all 
The joyful shepherd greet. 

4 

Yet, how much greater is the joy 

When but one sinner turns ; 
When the poor wretch, w^ith broken heart) 

His sins and errors mourns. 

5 

Fleas'd with the news, the saints below 
In songs their tongues employ 3 



Beyond the skies the tidings go. 
And heav'n is filPd with joy. 




6 

Well-pleas'd, the Father sees and hears 

The conscious sinner weep ; 
Jesus receives him in his armsj 

And owns him for his sheep. 

7 

Nor angels can their joys contain. 
But kindle with new fire ; 
A wand'ring sheep's return'd/* they sing^ 
And strike the sounding lyre. 

590 7s. Riflanfl 

Prayer for Backsliders^ Psalm cxix. 176. 

PITY, Lord, thy straying sheep, 
Prone to wander from the fold ; 




SHILOH, 



/ 

591 



Bring them back, and safely keepj 
In thine anus the stragglers hold : 
Keal their wand-rings, Son of God, 
Bless the purchase of th}^ blood. 

2 

[ Tho' they feel their wretched case^ 
Yet they know not how to mend 5 
They must perish, if thy grace 
Does not move thee to befriend : 
Heal their w^and lings, Son of God^ 
Bless the purchase of thy blood.] 
3 

Fond to stray, bat ign'rant quite, 
When once lost, to hnd their home ; 
VVand'ring on by day and night, 
Fartlier, farther, still they^l roam : 
Heal their wanderings. Son ofGod, 
Bless the purchase of thy blood. 

4 

Lord, thy w^and'ring sheep restore^ 
To thy pastures, ever fair; 
Keep them, lest they wander more^ 
' Let thy Icve confine them there : 
Heal their wandVmgs, Son of God, 
Jpless the purchase of thy blood. 



SfllLOH. 
591 8. 8. 7. PeckiveWs Co^ 

Messiah ike Stumhling-hloch of the Jews^ 
Isaiah iiii. 1 — 5. 

WHO hath our report believed ? 
Shiloh come, is not received, 
Not received by his own : 
PromisM branch from root of Jesse, 
David's offspring, sent to bless ye, 
Comes too meekly to be kaowu ! 



SICKNESS. 



2 

Tell me, O thou favourM nation, 
What is thy fond expectation ? 
Some fair spreading lofty tree ? — 
Let not worldly pride confound thee — 
^Mong the lowly plants around thee^ 
IMark the lowest — that is he ! 

3 

Like a tender plant that's growing 
Where no waters, friendly flowing, 

No kind rains refresh the ground ; 
Drooping, dying, we shall view him, 
See no charms to draw us to him, 

And no beauty will be found. 

4 

But while him our thoughts accused, 
le for us alone was bruised. 
Stricken, smitten for our guilt ; 
With his stripea our wounds are cured, 
By his pains our peace assured, 
Purchas'd with the blood he spilt.] 
5 

Glory be to him who gave us, 
Freely gave his Son to save us, 

Glor}' to the Son, who came; 
Honour, blessing, adoration, 
Ever, from the whole creation. 

Be to God, and to the Lamb. 



SICKKESS. 
59 3 L. M. K—.Exn?i'sCdl. 

On ilie danger ovs s'clness of a Minisfei^^ 
John xi. S. 

^ We bow our suppliaiit spiriLs down^ 




SICKNESS AND DEATH. I 

View the sad breast, the streaming eye^ 
And let otir sorrows pierce the sky. 

2 

Thou know- St the anxious cares we feelj 
And all our trembhng lips would tell j 
Thou only canst assuage our grief, 
And yield our woe-fraught heart relief. 

3 

With pow'r benign, thy servant spare, 
Nor turn aside th}^ people's pray'r ; 
Avert thy swift descending stroke, 
Nor smite the shepherd of the flock, 
4 

Restore him sinking to the grave^ 
Stretch out thine arm, make haste to save 5 
J>ack to our hopes and wishes give, 
And bid our friend and father live. 

5 

Bound to each soul by tendVest ties, 
In ev'ry breast his image lies 5 
Thy pitying aid, O God, impart, 
Nor rend him from eacli bleeding heart- 
6 

Yet if our supplications fail, 
And pray'rs and tears can nought prevail, 
Be thou his stTcn^th, be thou his stay, 
And guide him Scife to endless day. 

593 L. M. Brown altered. 

Sickness and Death. 

MY so;il, llie minutes haste away, 
Apace conies on the final day, 
When in the icy arms of death, 
I must give up my vital breath, 
2 

When all the springs of l*f<^ are ^jw, 
1 he spirits fuint, the puhes slow 5 



^94 RECOVERY FROM SICKNESS. 



The eyes grow dim, and short the breathy 
Presages of approaching death. 

3 

When all eternity's in sight. 
The brightest day or blackest night ; 
When death shall break the building down^ 
And let thee into worlds unknown. 

4 

O come my soul, the matter weigh ! 
How wilt thou leave thy kindred clay 
And how the unknown region try, 
And launch into eternity, 
5 

* Cleanse me, O God, with blood divine^ 
Kenew my heart, and make me thine ; 
^Then when th' important hour shall come^ 
J\ly soul shall triumph o'er the tomb. 

6 

Then shall*! bid the world adieu, 
Islor fear what ghastly death can doj 
But calmly lean on Jesu's breast, 
^nd sweetly close my eyes to rest. 

594 C. M. Dor/dridge. 

Recovery from SichiesSy Psalm cxvi. 

MY God, thy service well demands 
The remnant of my days ; 
Why was this fleeting breath renew'd^ 
But to renew thy praise ! 

2 

Thine arms of everlasting love 

Did this weak frame sustain, 
When life was hovering o'er the grave, 

And nature sunk with pain. 

3 

[Thou, when the pains of death were feltj 
Didst chase the fears of hell i 




I 



SIN. 



59a 



Aii'l teach my pale and quiv'rjng iips 
Thy matchless grac^ to teil.] 
4 

Calmly I bowM my fainting head 
On thy dear faithful breast ; 

Pleas'd to obey my Father's call 
To his eternal rest. 

5 

Into thy hands J my Saviour God, 

Did I my sodj resign ; 
In firm dependence on that truth. 

Which made salvation mine. 

6 

Back from the borders of the grave. 
At thy command I come ; 

Nor would I urge a speedier flight; 
To my celestial home. 

7 

[Where thou determiu'st mine abode. 

There would I choose to be • 
For in tliy presence death is iife^ 

And earth is heav'n with thee.J 



SIM 

595 L. M. Boyce, 

Deceitfulncss of Sin, 

SIN, in ten thousand treacherous ways, 
Dazzles and blinds both young and old 
Around the pit the sinner plays, 
And they, that trembled once, grow bolcj^ 
2 

gavionr divine ! stretch out thine hand^ 
And fdl tlieir souls with deep amaze 3 
pluck from the fire the flaming brand, 
And form new trophies to thy gra<<^b^ 

A A. 2 



596, 597 



SIN. 



596 L. M. Harrisoih 

Hating Sin. 
COULD I fmd some peaceful bow'r^ 
Where shi has neillier place nor pow' 
This traitor vile, I fain would shun^ 
But cannot from his presence run. 

2 

When to the throne of grace 1 flee, 
He stands between my God and me^ 
V/here'er I rove, where'er I rest, 
I feel him working in my breast. 

When I attempt to soar above, 
To view the heights of Jesu's love ; 
This monster seems to mount the skies^ 
And veil his glory to mine eyes. 

4 

Lord, free me from this deadly foe. 
Which keeps my faith and hope so low 5 
i long to dwell in heav'n my home^ 
Where not one sinful thought can come. 

597 7s. Toplady. 

JJeJievers^ Sins imputed to Christ, Isaiah liii 

A LL my sins imputed were 
^L^.To my dear incarnate God 5 
Buried in his grave they are,- 
Drown'd in his atoning blood; 
Lord thou canst not me condemn^ 
ilighteous and complete in him. 

2 

In the Saviour '^s right, I claim, 
Ail the blessing he hath bought ; 
For my soul the dying Lamb, 
ilalh a full redemption wrought; 
I in glory soon shall shine, 
1 am Christ'Sj and Christ is mine. 



-SIN. 



;598 8s. Kent. 

liidiccMng Szn, Joshua xvii. 12. 13, 

THC Canj\anite still in the land, 
To hanass, perplex^ and dlsinayj 
Brought Israel of old at a stands 
For Aiiak was stronger than they : 
What God had designed, they posscss'd^ 
Supported and kept by his hand : 
Yet lesi on theh* lees they should rest, 
The Canaanite dwelt in the land. 

2 

^Tis thus with thine Israel on earth, 
Who groan with a body of sin. 
Partake of a spiritual birth, 
The work of the Spirit within : 
To-day, with a taste of his love, 
Jehovah their soids shall expand ; 
To-morrow, he'll give them to prove^ 
The Canaanite still in the land. 

3 

[A thorn in the flesh they sliall have, 
Tlieir roving aliections to win ; 
To teach ihem hov/ Jesus can save, 
And show them the depth of their sin : 
Yea, down to the Jordan of death. 
His foes shall the Christian withstand 5 
And feel, v/hen resigning his breath j 
The Canaanite still in the land. 

4 

Yet all things shall work for their good^ 
Afflictions, teinptations, or pain ; 
And still thro' the La-nb and his i3lood, 
f heir cause they shall ever maintain : 
Tiieir place of repose is on higli, 
No Canaanite enters therein ; 
To drink of tlic rivers of joy, 
fleinote from the regions of sin. 



&99> 600 SIN. 




B99 L. M. Jame'S 

Expostulation J Isaiah xxxiii. 14. 

SINNER, O why so thoughtless grovvn ? 
Why in such dreadful haste to die ? 
Daring to leap to worlds unknown, 
ileedless against thy God to fly ? 

2 

Wilt thou despise eternal fate, 
IJrg'd on by sin's fantastic dreams ? 
Madly attenipt th' infernal gate, 
And force th}^ passage to the flames ? 

3 

Stay, sinner ! on the gospel plains^ 
iJehold the God of love unfold 
The glories of his dying pains, 
For ever telling, yet untold. 

600 7s. Parsoii's SeL 

Forhearance of God, Ex. iii. 2, S« 

LORD, and am I yet alive. 
Not in torments, not in liell ^ 
^Still doth thy good Spirit strive :- — 
VVith the chief of sinners dwell! 
Tell it, unto sinners tell 
i am, I am out of hell ! 

2 

Yes, T still lift up muie eyes, 
Will not of thy love despair^ 
, Still in spite of sin J rise. 
Still I bow to thee in prayV. Tell it, &c 
S 

O (he Icngfh and breadth of love ! 
i^esns, Saviour, can it be ? 
All thy mercies' height I prove. 
All the depth is §een iii me. ^ T^^' ' 



I 



SODOM AND GOMORRAH. 601 



See a bush that burns with fire^ 
Unconsiim'd amid the flame ! 
Turn aside the sight t' admire, 
I the living wonder am. Tell it, Sec, 

5 

See a stone that hangs in air ! 
See a sj3ark in ocean live ! 
Kept alive with death so near, 
I to God the glor}^ give ; 
Ever tell — to sinners tell, 
I am, J am out of hell. 

601 C. M. Hawcis; 

Sodom- s Dcsiruct'ion^ and Sainfs Safety^ 
Gen. xix. 14. 24. 

W ITH radiant beams the sun arose, 
On Sodom's fated tow'rs ; 
In pleasure's round, and false repose. 
They spend the cheerful hours. 



Lot's warning voice they mocking heard, 
Their hearts elate with pride ; 

No joy withheld, no danger fear'd, 
'i'he prophet they deride. 

3 

ju vain he pleads, fiy, s'nncr, f!y, 
^' BcIkjIcI destruction near — 

^- Em]^/ty enthnsiciyt/'— they reply, 
Arid ridicule his fear. 

4 

Hrt siKlden o'er the trembl in:; ground 
Ar-1 >tr(-a'ns o:' fire, uiui hrin-stone round, 



602 SAINT'S SAFETY IN A STORM. 



5 

They scream — the>^ fiy — no hope remains — < 
Elaspheine— in flames expire ; — 

Lot, safe in Zoar^ refus^e gains, 
^' A brand pluckM from the fire.'' 
6 

[Sinner behold — the warning take, 

This moment hear and fear ; 
For if the righteous scarce escape 

O where wilt thou appear !] 

602 L. Cowper. 

Sahtfs Safety in a Siorin^ iMatt. viii. 25. 

THE billows swell, the winds are high, 
Clouds overcast my wintry sky \ 
Out of the depths to thee 1 call ; 
ISly fears are great, mv strength is small. 
"2 

[O Lord, the pilot's part perform, 
And gnide and ouard me thro' the storm ; 
Defend me from each threatening ill, 
Controul the waves, say, Peace be still.'' 
3 

Amidst the roaring of the sea, 
My soul still hangs her hope on thee \ 
Thy constant love, thy faithful care, 
Is all that saves me from despair. 

4 

Dano-ers of ev'ry shape and name 
Attend the follow ers of the Lamb, 
\Vho leave the world's deceitful shore, 
And leave it to return no more. 

5 

Tlio' tempcst-toss'd and half a wreck, 
My Saviour thro' the floods 1 seek ; 
X^et neither winds nor stormy main, 
Force back my shattered bark again. 



SUBailSSION. 603, 604 

603 C. M. Ilaweis. 

Suhmissioiij Job i. 21. 

SUBMISSIVE to thy will, my God; 
I all to thee resign, 
And bow before thy chastening rod i 
J mourn, but not repine. 

2 

Why sliould my fo(>li.sh heart complain^ 

When wisdom, truth, and love 
Direct the stroke, inflict the pain, 

And point to joys above. 

%J 

How short are all my sufferings here^ 

How needful ev'ry cross ; 
Awayj my unbelieving fear. 

Nor call my gain, my loss. 

4 

Then give, dear Lord, or take away^ 

1*11 bless thy sacred name 5 
My Jesus, yesterday, to-day, 

For ever is the same. 

604 (istPt) CM. Cowpeh 

Submission. 

DEAR Lord ! ray best desires fulfil, 
And help me to resign 
Life, health, and comfort to thy will, 
And make thy pleasure mine. 

2 

Why should I ishrink at thy command, 
AVhose love forbids my fears ? 
Or tremble at thy gracious hand 
That wipes away my tears ? 

3 

No ! let me rather freely yield 
What most I prize to thee \ 



mi 




604 SUBMISSION. 



Who never hast a good wirhheldj 
Nor wilt wiThhoici froai me. 

4 

Thy favour rJl ray ioura':y tliro' 

Thou art engaged to o;rant ; 
What else I want, or thi:ik L doj 

'Tis better stili to wani;. 

5 

Wisdom and mercy guide my way 

Shall [ resiSt them both i 
A poor blind creature of a day, 

And crushed before the niuth ! 

G 

But ah ! my inmost\spirit crieSj 

Still bind me to thy sway ; 
pise the next cloud, that veils my skies, 

Drives ail these thoughts away. 

60-i (Sd. Pt.) C. M. Sleek. 

Filial Submission^ Heb. xii. 7» 
ND can my heart aspire so high, 
To sayj " My Father, God 
Lord ! at thy feet I fain would lie^ 
And learn to kiss the rod. 

2 

J would submit to all thy will, 

For thou art good and wise ^ 
Let evVy anxious thought be still, 

Nor one faint murmur rise. 

3 

Thy love can cheer the darksome gloom, 

And bid me wait serene 
Till hopes and joys imuaortal bloona 

And brighten ail the scene. 

4 

My Father,''— O permit my heart 
To plead her humble claim. 



SUBMISSION. 605,606 



And ask the bliss those words impart. 
In my Redeemer's name, 

605 CM. Merrick altereiL 

Submission, 

LORDj hast thou caiPd me by thy grace^ 
And form'd my heart anew ; 
'And are these joys which now i taste. 
The pledge of glory too ? 

2 

I leave inferior things with thee, 

Since thou hast won my heart ; 
Whatever, Lord, is good for me, 

Do thou that good impart, 
3 

Not to my wish, but to my want, 

Do thou thy gifts apply ; 
Unask'd-for good, Lord, to me grant^ 

What's ill tho' ask'd, deny. 

606 ( (St Part.) C M. Hoskins, 

It is well, 2 Kings, iv. 26. 
^' 'WT shall be well,-' let sinners know, 

A *' With those who love the Lord j'^ 
His saints have always found it so, 

By resting on his word- 
Peace then, ye chasten'd sons of God^ 

Why let your sorrows swell ? 
Wisdom directs your Father's rod| 

His word says, ^' It is well,'^ 
3 

Tho' like the Shunamite of old. 

Whose creature-comforts fell; 
Like her, let faith be strong and bokl^ 

And answer, " It is v/eil." 

4 

Tho' you may trials sharp endure 
From sin, or death, or hell 5 



m SUBMISSION. 

Your beav'nly Father^s love is sure. 
And therefore, it is well.'^ 

5 

Soon will your sorrows all be o'er. 

And you shall sweetly tell 
On Canaan's calm and pleasant shore^ 

" That all at last is well/' 

606 (2nd Pt.) CM. Young. 

Submission. 

OUR hearts are fastened to the world 
By strong and numerous ties 5 
And ev- r}^ sorrow cuts a string. 
And urges us to rise. 

2 

WhcH God would kindly set us free, 

And earth's enchantment end ; 
He takes the most effectual means, 

And robs us of a friend. 

o 

O 

[Since vain all here, all future, vast, 

Embrace the lot assigned ; 
Heav'n wound to heal : its f owns are friends^ 

Its strokes severe, most kind. — 
4 

To final good the worst events, 

Thro' secret channe's, run ; 
Fiiiish'd for saints, tli^^ir desiin'd course, 

As 'twas for saints begun. 

5 

O ! for that summit of my wish, 

While here 1 dr-iw my' breath, 
That pro:;r ufv' ^nial life, 

A glorious sHiiie in deata.J 




cor STARRY IIEAVExNS. 

607 (First Part) L. M. Jlddison. 

The Starry Heaven.^, Psalm- xix. 

THE spacious firmament on high, 
With all the hlue ethereal sky, 
And spangled heav'ns, a shhnng frame^ 
Their great original proclaim. 

2 

Th' unwearied sun from day to day, 
Does his Creator's pow'r display. 
And publishes to ev'ry land 
The work of an almighty hand. 

3 

Soon as th' evening shades prevail, 
The moon takes up the wondrous tale 5 
And nightly to the listening earth 
Repeats the story of her birth : 
4 

While all the stars vv^hich round her burn, 
And all the planets in their turn, 
Confirm the tidings as they roll, 
And spread the truth from pole to pole. 
5 

What tho' in solemn silence all 
Move round the dark terrestrial ball, 
A¥hat tho' no real voice nor sound 
Amid their radiant orbs be found : 
6 

In reason's ear they all rejoice, 
And utter forth a gk)rious voice ; 
For ever sin^fring, as they shine, 
^' The hand that mr.de us is divine/-' 

GOOD SAW} Him N~SOCIE'fY. 
007 (2nd. Pt.) C. v|. 

The good Sama^-itj:;. i.^Akc x. — 35. 

1^ li' K rHT s<;nrce of ever! I'fr.r' ii. vc' ! 
ifc' To lliee our souls Vr c rai^e : 



607 GOOD SAMxVRITAN SOCIETY 



An 1 to thy sov'rel^rn bounty rear 
A moiiunient oi praise. 

2 

Thy mercy gilds the paths of life^ 

With ev'ry cheering ray , 
Kindly restrains the rising tear, ^^^^^ 

Or wipes that tear away. '^HHh 
3 * ' 

When, sunk in guiltj our souls approachM-^: 

The borders of despair ; 
Thy grace thro' Jesu's blood, proclaim^cF^^^^ 

A free salvation near. 

4 

What shall we render, bounteous Lord, 

For all the grace we see ! 
Alas i the goodness worms can yield, 
Extendeth not to thee. 

5 

To tents of woe, to beds of pain, 

Our cheerful feet repair, 
And, with the gift thy hand bestows, 

Relieve the mourners there. 

6 

The widow's heart shall sing for joy. 

The orphan shall be glad ; 
And hungering souls we'll gladly point 

To Christ the living bread. 

T 

[Thus passing thro' the vale of tear^, 

Our useful light shall shine : 
And others learn to glorify 

Oui' Father's name divine.] 



SUNDAY SCHOOLS. 



SUNDAY SCHOOLS. 
608 L. M. Biidden. 

The Importance of Educating YoutJij 

Congregation. 

GREAT Godj accept our songs of praise 
Which we would to thine honour raise 
Bless our attempts to spread abroad 
The knowledge of our Saviour, God. 

2 

Children. 

Next to our God, our thanks are due^ 
To those who did compassion shew, 
In kindly pointing out the road, 
That leads to Christ, the way to God, 
3 

Congregation* 
We claim no merit of our own, 
Great God, the work is thine alone ! 
Thou didst at first our hearts incline 
To carry on this great design. 

4 

Children. 
Now we are taught to read and pray^ 
To hear thy word, to keep his day ; 
Lord, here accept the thanks w^ bring, 
Our infant tongues thy praise would sing. 
5 

Congregation. 
With those dear children, we'll unite j 
Their songs inspire us with delight ; 
Lord, while on earth we sing thy love, 
Mayangels join the notes above. 



611 SUNDAY Schools. 



5 

Boi/s, 

Teach us the way, Vr hile here we leariij 

To read thy holy word ; 
Bless all the kind instructions giv'ii, 

And make us thine, O Lord. 

6 

Both. 

Praise to our God, and thanks to those*, 

Who thus the poor befriend ; 
While the rich benefit we reap, 

On them thy blessings send. 

611 C. M, Cowper. 

'Prayer for the Salvation of Youth* 

>ESTOW, dear Lord, upon our youth^ 
The gift of saving grace ; 
And let the sacred word of truth, 
Enrich the rising race. 

2 

Ye careless ones, O hear betimes ! 

The \'x>ice of sovereign love ; 
Your youth is stain M with many crimes 5 

But mercy reigns above. 

3 

For you, the public pray'r is niade^ 

Oh ! join the public prayer ! 
For you, the secret tear is shed, 

O shed yourselves a tear. 

4 

We pray that you may earl}^ prove. 

The Spirit's pow'r to teach ; 
You cannot bi? too young to love, 

That Jesus whom vve preach. 



SUNDAY SCHOOLS, 

612 S. M. 

Childreri's Prayer. 
Boys. 

IORDj in the days of youth, 
_J May we in grace improve 5 
And learn the sacred word of truthj 
The Saviour's dying love ! 

2 

Girls. 

Our moments haste away, 
With ev'ry heaving breath ; 
And swiftly hastens on the day, 
When we must sink in death* 
3 

Boys. 

While some are never taught 
The way of God with care ; 
We bkss the Lord, that we are brought 
To this thine house of pray'r. 

4 

Girls. 

[Lerd, give us ears to hear, 
And hearts to understand ; 
In trouble may we find thee nearj 
A Saviour close at hand ! 

5 

Boys. 

I Thro' life's dark rugged road* 
Thus far we're kept by thee ; 
Vlay heav'n at last be our abodeji 
^rhy glorv there to see !j 
6 

Girls. 

Bless'd be our God, who lives 
And reigns with boundless sv^ayj 

B 3 



6it SUNDAY SCHOOLS. 



Richly our benefactor gives. 



Beyond the azure skjy 
We'll praise thee more and more 5 



Well praise him all the day.- 



7 

Both, 




And thro' a long eternity, 

A God J in Christy adore, Hal 




613 5. 5. 11, Phlpparch 



TmiscfGi' the Knotvledge of the Gosj)eh 

THEE Father J we praise 
In harmoiiioiis lays, 
For all thy rich grace ; 
C) give OS the knowledge of pardon and peace : 
On thee we rely, 
Ail our wants to supply 5 
O keep us each hour 
JFrom snares and temptations, by thy mighty 



O may we improve, 

In knowledge and love, 
, Of Jesus our king 5 
^ill to glory we're brought, his praises to sing : 

While below, if we stray, 

From the source of true joy, 

Let thy merciful band 
Return and incline us t' obey thy command'. 



Our friends may they share 
Thy blessings while here, 
And crown them above 5 
"Where joys will increase, from the fountain <)| 
love : 

Blay we shortly there meet^ 
^ Aiound thy blest seat j 



pOWT. 



3 



SUNDAY SCHOOLS. Cl4 



Thy love to adore ; 
Where pleasure and praise will abound ever-*^ 
more. Hallelujah. 

614 148 th. Budden. 

After Sermon^ Prov. xxii. 6. 
Children. 
OiVIE, let oar voices join 
To sing a song of praise ; 
For favours so divine, 
Our grateful notes we'll raise : 
Congregation, 
To God alone the praise belongs, 
His love demands your noblest song^. 

2 

Children. 
When wand'ring far astray. 
In paths of vice and sin. 
You kindly pointed out 
The danger we were in : 

Congregation, 
To God alone be all the praise, 
AVho turns your feet from sinful way§. 

3 

Children. 
Now v/e are taught to read 
The book of life divine, 
Where our Redeemer's love 
And brightest glories shine : 
Congregation, 
To God alone the praise is due, 
Whose sacred book is sent to you. 

, 4 
Children. 
Within this sacred house 
Our youthful feet are brought, 
Where pray'r and praise abonndj 
And heav nly truths are taught ; 



615 SPIRITUAL TEMPLE. 



Congregation, 
To God alone your praises bring, 
And rn the church his glories sing. 

5 

Children. 
For favours such as these^ 
Our grateful thanks receive ; 
Lord, here accept our hearts, 
'Tis all that we can give : 

Congregation, 
Great God, accept their infant song^^ 
To thee alon^ the praise belongs. 

6 

Chorus, 
Lord, let this glorious work 
Be crown 'd with large success ! 
May thousands yet unborn, 
This institution bless I 
Then shall thy praise be sounded high 
Throughout a vast eternity. 

See also Hymns S53. 395. 660. 

615 i4<Sih Doddridge. 

Spiritual Temple completing^ Zech. iv 

SING to the Lord above, 
Who deigns on earth to raise 
A tempie to his love, 
A monument of praise f 
Ye saints around, thro' all its frame. 
Harmonious sound the builder's name^ 
2 

[He form'd the glorious plan., 

And its foundation laid. 

That God might dwell with maH^ 

And mercy be displayed ; 
%Vho great and good, his Son he sent, 
Made his owjgi blood the sweet cement.| 



THANKSGIVlNa 



3 

Beneath his eye and care, 

The edifice shall rise 

Majesticj strong, and fair, 

And shine above the skies : 
There shall he place the polish'd stone^ 
Ordain'd the work of grace to crown. 

616 8. 7. Kdssell. 

Thankfulness for Redemption^ 
|> ANSOiM^D sinners, sing the praises 
JTV Of 3' our dear redeeming God ; 
Hymn, with joy the holy Jesus, 
Who hath pnrchasM you with blood : 
Dwell on this delightful theme, 
Shout the dear Immanuei's name, 
2 

He the powerful word hath spoken, 

I redeemed them, mine they are 5'' 
With that word the snare is broken, 
Satan struck with panic fear ! 
This is glorious liberty ! 
Christ, the Son hath made us free f 

For this wonderful compassion, 
(Far surpassing human thought,) 
Let us praise with exultation, 
Him, who our salvation wrought J 
Jesus, full of truth and grace. 
Worthy thou of all our praise, 
4 

[O that worldlings knew our pleasure 1 
While we walk in Christ the way ; 
We possess an heav'nly treasure, 
Jn an earthly house of clay ! 
But, what bliss before us lies ! 
Tho" 'tis veiFd beyond the skies* 




6ir BEST THINGS. 

5 

Hark ! while angel-choirs are sounding 
Rapt'roiis praises round tlie throne ! 
Let us come to Sion singing : — 
Their, and our deliglits are one ! 
Graiefid songs, our mutual mirth, 
They in heav'a — and we on earth. 



617 (ist.Pt.) C. M. TFrighf. 

Best Things^ I Cor. xii. 31, 

I HE best of vv isdom is to know 
The Fatiser in the Sun ^ 
The bf^st of power is to bow 
To what the Lord has done. 

9 

The best of prayer, is to pra\' 

That we ri>ay still believe ; 
The best of patience, is to stay 

Till v/e a crown receive. 

o 

The best of watching is to watch 

Against the world, and sin; 
The best of preach ing, is to preach 

Jesus, and nought but him. 

4 

The best of striving, is to strive 

Who shall ill grace excel ; 
TIjC best of thriviiiG". is to thrivej 

By that which ieeJctls well. 

5 

Then, let my son! enjoy the best^ 

For lliat is best ibr !ne; 
And let me llcd no lasi'iio; rest. 

But ^vhen I rest in thee. 



temple: of god. 6ir, 6is 
617 (snd. Part.) L. M. Stenneit. 

Our Bodies the Temples oftJie Holy Ghosi^ 
1 Cor. iii. l6. 17 . vi. 19. 1 John, v. 21 
/% ND will th' offended God again 
j^JL Return, and dwell with sinful men ? 
Will lie within this bosom raise 
A living temple to his pra.ise ? 

2 

The joyful news transports my breast, 
AU hail ! all hail ! thoirhcav'nly guest ! 
Lift up your heads, ye pow'rs within^ 
And let the King of Glory in. 

o 
O 

Enter, with all thy heav'nly train, 
Here live, and here for ever reigii ; 
Thy sceptre o'er my passions swaj'j 
Let love command, and I'll obey^ 

4, 

Reason and conscience shall submit^. 
And pay their homage at thy feel; 
No idol-god shall hold a jjlace 
Within this temple of thy grace. 

618 C. M. 

Thnmlcr Sfonn^ Job xxxvii. 5-, 

JEHOVAH sits upon the clouds, 
And blackens all the sky , 
He rolls tb»e thunders round the globe 
And bids the light'nings Hy. 

2 

Th' impending clouds asunder part^ 

And burst in sable frame ; 
And from tlie quick expansion, dart 

A momentary ilame. 

3 

Around the vaults of heav'n on high^ 
Tliick ^eals of tjiimder cpll 3 



619 TIME AND ETERNITY, 



And loudly rumbling o'er the sky^ 
They shake the solid pole. 

4 

JBut ah ! how will the nations quake^ 

When in that dreadful day, ^^^^^ 

^JMidst nature's universal wreck, wiHP 
The heav'ns shall pass away, ♦'^•'^"^ 
5 

'The sun and moon, and stars on high, 

Shall lose their wonted rays ; 
The earth beneath^ and all the sky^ 

Will then be in a blaze, 
6 

* O may I stand in Jesu's robes. 
When mountains down are hurPd | 

When earth and sea shall be no more, 
And flames shall end the world.' 



TIME. 

619 (1st Part.) C M. Hoskim, 

Time is short, 1 Cor. vii. 29. 
1 1 HE time is short the season near^ 
A When death will us remove, 
To leave our friends, however dear, 
Leave all we fendly love. 

2 

The time is short sinners beware ; 
Nor trifle time away ; 
The word of great salvation hear. 
While it is calFd to-day. 

3 

^'^The time is short ye rebels n6W^ 

To Christ the Lord submit. 
To mercy's golden sceptre bow^ 

AiidfuUatJesu's feet* 



TIMi: AND ETERNITY. 



' 4 

^^The time is short ye saints, rejoice^ 

The Lord will quickly come 5 
Soon shall you hear the Bridegroom's voice^ 

To call you to your home, 
5 

The time is short it swiftly flies^ 
The hour is just at hand. 
When we shall mount above the skieSg 
And reach the wishM-for {and.j 
6 

The time is short the moment near^^ 
When we shall dwell above^ 
And be forever happy there, 
With Jesus, whom we love. 

619 (3d Pt.) C. M. 

Boast not of to-morrow^ Prov. xxvii. 1 

PROSTRATE before thy throne I fall^ 
My God, my hope, my trust 5 
O let me live to thee to-day, 
Nor of to-morrow boast. 

2 

Time ! O how swift its moments fly I 

What millions have I lost ! 
O may I seize the golden now i 

Nor of to-morrow boast. 

3 

[Before the present day is past, 

My soul may meet its doom ; 
ISiow let me fjr salvation haste, 

To-morrow ne'er may come.] 
4 

To-day may I the Saviour know, 

And in his name believe ; 
Nor Jet those precious moments go^ 

To-morrow may deceive. 

B b2 



m TIME AND ETERNITT?. 



Thy sparing mercies still abound, 

And I am out of hell ; 
To-day I am on inei cy^s ground, 

To-morrow — who can tell ? 

6 

Grant, gracious Lord ! at last I may, 

Before thy face appear ; 
And sing an everlasting day. 

There's no tD-morrow there. 

620 8. 8. 6, BazJees Col 

^7'uycrfor Seriousness in Prospect ofEternitt/^ 
Psalm xxxix. 4. 

LO ! on a narrow neck of land, 
Twixt two unbounded seas 1 stand 
Yet how insensible ! 
A point of time, a mornent's space, 
Jlemoves me to yon heavenly place, 
Or, shuts me up in hell ! 

2 

P God ! my inmost soul convert, 
^Ind deeply on my thoughtful heart 

Eternal things impress ) 
Give me to feel their solemn weighty 
And save me ere it be too late ; — 

By free and sovereign grace* 
o 

Before me place, in bright array, 
The pomp of that tremendous day, 

When thou in clouds shalt come 
To judge the nations of thy bar| 
O tell me, Lord, shall 1 be there 

To meet a joyful doom ? 

4 

Be this my one great busniess hef^ 
With holv joy. and holy fear, 
To make my calling sure I 



HEAVENLY TREASURES. 621, 62g 



Assist, O Lord, a feeble worm. 
Then shall I aH thy will perfornij 

And to the end endure ! ^; 
5 

[Then, Saviour ! then my soul receive^ 
Transported from this vale, to live 

And reign with thee above ; 
Where faith is sweetl}^ lost in sight, 
And hope, in full supreme delight 

And everlasting love.] 

621 C. Doddridge. 

Providing Bags that icax not old^ Luke xii. 33 

THESE mortal joys, how soon they fade ^ 
How swift they pass away ! 
The dying flow'r reclines its head^ 
The beauty of a day ! 

2 

The bags are rent, the treasures lost, 

We fondly cali-d oiir own ; 
Scarce could we the possession boas.tj 

Before we found it gone, 
3 

But there are joys that cannot die, 

Which God laid up in store ; 
Treasure beyond the changing skVi 

Brighter than golden ore, 
4 

To that, my rising heart aspires, 

Willi inhnite delight : 
P for the Spirit's quickening powVs^ 

To speed me in the flight. 

623 L. M. ScoU. 

The Barren Fig Tree^ Luke xiii. 6 — 9, 

GOD of my life, to thee belong 
Thi' thankful hoart<, the grateful sonff : 



623 



TRIALS. 



TouchM by thy love, each tuneful chord 
Resounds the goodness of the Lord. 

2 

Thou hast preserved my fleeting breath. 
And chas'd the gloomy shades of death } 
The venom'd arrows vainly fly. 
When God our great deliverer's nigh, j 

B 

Yet why, dear Lord, this tender care ? 
iVhy does thy hand so kindly rear 
A useless cunib'rer of the ground, 
On which no pleasant fruits ai'e found ? 

4 

Still may the barren fig-tree stand I 
And, cultivated by thy hand, 
Verdure, and bloom, and fruit afford, 
iV'ieet tribute to its bounteous Lord I 
5 

So shall thy praise employ my breath 
Thro' hfe, and in the arms of death, 
My soul, the pleasant theme prolong, 
Then rise to aid th' anoelic son^^:. 



TRIALS. 
623 L, M. FaivceU. 

Rememhering alltlie Way thy G od hath led the 
Deut. viii. 2. 

THUS far my God hath led me on, 
And made his truth and mercy known j 
My hopes and fear.s alternate rise, 
And comforts mingle v/ith my sighs. 

2 

Thro' this wide wilderness I roanij 
-Fpr4ibtant from my blissful home \ 



TRIALS. 



624 



Lord, let tliy presence be my staV; 
And guard me in this daneeroiis way« 

3 ^ 

[Temptations ev'ry where annoy ; 
And sins and snares my peace destroys 
My earthly joys are from me torn. 
And oft an absent God I mourn.] 
4 

My soul, with various tempests toss'd. 
Her hopes o'erturn'd, her projects cross Vl 
Sees ev'ry day nev^^ straits attend. 
And wonders where the scene will end* 
5 

Is this, dear Lord, that thorny road 
Which leads us to the mount of God ? 
Are these the toils thy people know^ 
V/hlle in the wilderness below ? 

G 

'Tis even so, thy faithful love 
Doth all th}^ children's graces prove ; 
^Tis thus our pride and self must fallj 
That Jesus may be All in All. 

6.^4 L. M. Kewton. 

Prai/er ansioered hij Crosses. 
W ASK'D the Lord that I might grow 
A In faith, and love, and ev*ry grace i 
jMight more of bis salvation know, 
And seek, more earnestly j his face. 

'Twas -le wno taught me thus to pray, 
And he, I tr.ist, has answerM prayV ; 
VyV'X it has been in such a way 
c'liii j.st drove ine to despair. 

3 

I hop'd tb.;U in sr^i ' ! hour 

At once he'd aa:i\, - - ::jj?e.>tj 



625 



TRIALS. 



And by his love's constraining pow'r 
Subdue my sins, and give me rest, 
4 

Instead of this, he made me feel 
The hidden evils of my heart, 
And let the angry pow'rs of hell IB 
Assault my soul in ev'ry part. 

5 

Yea, more, with his own hand he seem 

ntent to aggravate my woe ; 
CrossM all the fair designs I schem'd, 
Blasted my gourds, and laid me low.] 
6 

Lord, why is this ?" I trembling cry'd 
^' Wilt thou pursue thy worm to death 

Tis in this way," the Lord reply 'd, 
^' I answer pray'r for grace and faith : 
' ^ 7 

These inward trials I employ, 
^* From self and pride to set thee free , 

And break thy schemes of earthly joy^ 
^* That thou mav'st seek th^'^ all in me." 

625 7s. Cowpei\ 

Affiictions sajictified, Heb. xii. 8, 
IS my happiness below 
Not to live without the cross ^ 
But the Saviour's pow'r to know, 
Sanctifying ev'ry loss : 
Trials must and will befal ; 
But — with humble faith to see 
Love inscrib'd upon them all-^ 
This is happiness to me. 

2 

God, in Israel, sows the seeds 
Ofafiliction, pain, and toil; 
These spring up, and choke the weeds 
Which would else o'eispread tiie soil ; 



626 



Trials make the pronr; sweet; 
Trials give new life to pray'r* 
Trials bring me to his feei — 
Lay me low and keep me there, 
3 

[Did I meet no trials here — • 
No chastisements by the way | 
JViight T not, with reason, fear 
I should prove a cast-away ? 
Bastards may escape the rod^ 
Sunk in earthly vain delight 5 
But the true-born child of God 
Must not — would not, if he might.] 

626 7. 6. Cennick. 

Commit tliy Way unto the Lord, Psm. xxxvii. 5^ ' 
OMK, my soul, before the LAMB, 
Fall and do him rev'rence ! 
Bless him for his blood and name^ 
Sing his great deliverance.] 

o 

Cast thy burden on the Lordj 
Leave them w^ith thy Saviour ; 
He, whose hands for thee were bor'd 
Can and will deliver* 

3 

Why should sorrow bow thee down^ 
Trials or temptation 1 
Is not Christ upon the throne. 
Still thy strong salvation ? 

i Roll thy burdens on the LORD^ 
Leave them w^lth thy SAVIOUR ; 
I He, whose hands for thee were bor'd, 
i Can and will deliver. 

5 

Blush that thou hast him forgot^ 
Wlio can happy make thee j 




627,628 TRIALS.— TRIUMPfL 

Gaze upon him who thee bought. 
Till to heav'n he take thee. 

627 104th. Ke?if. 

The Trial of Faith, 1 Peter i, 7- 

JEHOVAH bath said, 'tis left on record, 
" The righteous are one with Jesus the 
Lord f 

At all times he loves them, 'twas for them he 
dy'd, 

let oft times he proves them, for grace must 
be trjM. 

2 

Temptations and sins, in legions shall rise, 
As goads in thy side, or thorns in thine eves ; 
And oft, to thy sorrow, his tace he vv ill hide ; 
For God hath determin'd^ thy grace shall b^ 
try'd. 

3 

[With him on the mount, to-day thou shait be^ 
Indulged by thy Lord, his glor\^ to see ; 
There he may caress thee, and call thee his 
bride, 

Yet grace, tho^ he bless thee, shall surely be 
tryM,] 

4 

As gold from the ilame, he'll bring thee at last^ 
To praise him lot all, thro' which thou hasi 
past ; 

Then love everlasting, thy griefs shall repay, 
And God, from thine eyes, v/ipe all sorrow:^ 
away. 

628 C. M. Peacock altered. 

Triumph of Christ over his Enertiies^ 

Isaiah Lxiii. 1 — 6. I 

BEHOLD ! the mighty Saviour comes | 

From Edom's hostile plains ! | 

1 



SUPPORT, 



A crimson vesture he assumes ; 
And blood his raiment stains. 

2 

From Bozrahj glorious he appears | 

His robes with vict'ry shine ; 
Complete salvationj lo he wears. 

With majesty divine I 
3 

[Why thus array 'd, almighty God, 

In vests of purple glow ; 
With garments dy'd in streams of blood^j 

That from the wine-press flow ? 

4 

The wine-press I myself have trod ; 
^' And with me there was none ; 
^' Your strength, and your salvation stood 
" Complete in me alone.''] 
5 

When not an angel's strength could bear 

The veng'ance of a God ; 
Then did the Son of man appear 

In garments roll'd in blood.-— 
6 

Alone he stood, alone he fell, 
! Alone the Conqu'ror rose, 
i A.lone he burst the bars of hell^ 
And trampled on his foes. 

; 629 M, Doddridge. 

Support in GocVs Covenant under Trouble^ 
2 Sam. xxiii. 5. 
Y God, the cov'nant of thy love 
Abides for ever sure ; 
md, in its matchless grace, I feel 
My happiness secure. 

2 

V^hat, tho' my house be not with the<5 
As nature could desire ? 




627 



TRUST. 



To nobler joys, than nature gives^ 
Thy servants all aspire. 

o 
O 

[Shice thou, the everlasting God, 

My father art become ; 
Jesus, my guardian and my friend, [ 

And heav'n niy final home ; 

4 

I welcome all thy sovereign will, 

For all that will is love ; 
And when I know not what thou do&t, 

I wait the light above.] 
5 

Thy covenant in the darkest gloom 

Sliall heav'nly rays impart, 
Which, when my eye-lids close in death. 

Shall warm my chilling heart. 

TliUST. ~ 
630 194tli. Newton. 

I toill trusty and not he afraid^ Isaiah xii. 2, 

BEGONE, unbelief! my Saviour is near, 
And for my relief, will surely appear : 
By pray'r let me wrestle, and he v>^ill perform ; 
With Christ in the vessel, I smile at the storm, 
2 

Tho^ dark be my way, since he is my guide, 
'Tis mine to obey, 'tis his to provide : 
Tho' cisterns be broken and creatures all fail, 
The word he has spoken shall surelj' prevaih 
3 

His love, in time past, forbids me to think 
Hell leave me at last in trouble to sink ; 
Each sweet Ebenezer, I have in review. 
Confirms his good pleasure to help me quite 
thru'. 



TRUST— TYPES OF CHRIST. 631,632 



4 

nVhy should T complain of want or distress^ 
Temptation or pain ?^ — he told me no less : 
The heirs ofsaJvation. I know from his word, 
Thro' much tribulation, must follow their Lord."] 
5 

Since all that I meet shall work for my good, 
The bitter is sweet, the med'cine is food : 
Tho' painful at present, 'twill cease before long, 
And then. O how pleasant the conq'ror's song ! 

631 1 04tii. IVingrove. 

Trusi in the Lord^ Rom. viii. 1. 
"'^T'E tempted, and try'd, to Jesus draw nigh^ 
Ji- He sufA^r'd and dy'd, your wants to supply : 
Trust him for salvation, you need not to grieve, 
^ There's nocondemnatkm to them that believe.' 
2 

By day and by night, his iove is made known, 
It is his delight to succour his own; 
He will have compassion i- — then why should 
you grieve? 

^ There's no condemnation to them that believe.' 
3 

j Tho' Satan will seek the sheep to annoy ; 

! The helpless and weak, he ne'er shall destroy : 
Christ is iheir salvation, and strength he will give^ 
^ There's no condemnation to them that believe.' 



TVPES OF CHRIST. 



633 148tiL Cowper. 

Old Tedamcut Gospel, Heb. iv. 2. 

ISRAI'lL, in ancient days, 
Not only huu a view 
5 Of Sinni in - ^-'-v', 

• Bui i-ai-i' ; J too: 



632 TYPES OF CHRIST, 



The types and figures were a glass, 
In which they saw the Saviour's face 
2 

The paschal sacrifice, 
And blood-besprinkled door, 
Seen with enlighten'd eyes, 
And once apply'd with pow'r. 
Would teach the need of other blood 
To reconcile an angry God. 

3 

The lamb, the dove, set forth 

His perfect innocence, 

Whose blood of matchless worth 

Should be the souPs defence ; 
For he, who can for sjn atone. 
Must have no failings of his own, 
4 

The scape-goat on his head 
The people's trespass bore, 
And, to the desert led. 
Was to be seen no more : 
In him our Surety seem'd to say, 
Behold, 1 bear your sins away*^^ 
5 

Dipt in his fellow's blood 
The living bird went free ! 
The type, well understood, 
Expressed the sinner's plea;—- 
Pescrib'd a guilty soul enlarg'd, 
And by a Saviour's death discharg'd. 

6 ' 
Jesus, I love to trace 
Throughout the sacred page, 
The footsteps of thy grace, 
The same in ev'ry age ! 
O grant that I may faithful be 
To clearer light vouchsaf'd to me.-. 



UNION WITB CHRIST. 63.% 634 



633 S 7. BroUhwaite\s CoL 

Tif'iJy . ' "hrist ; or, the Atonement^ 
' \x 12, 13. 

P ASCtl \ by God appointedj 

Ail our sins oii thee were laid; 
By almighty love anointed. 

Thou hast full atonement made * 
2 

All thy people are forgiven^ 

Thro' the virtue of thy blood ! 
Open'd is the gate of heaven ; 

Peace is made 'twixt man and God'. 
3 

Jesus J hail ! enthroned in glory, 

There for ever to abide ! 
All the heav'nly hosts adore thee^ 

Seated at thy Father's side : 
4 

There for sinners thou art pleading ; 

There thou dost our place prepare 5 
JEver for us interceding, 

'Till in glory we appear. 

5 

Glory, honour, pow'r, and blessing-, 

Thou art worthy to receive ; 
Loudest praises, without ceasing^ 

Meet it is for us to give : 
6 

HVhen we join th' angelic spirits ! 

In their sweetest, noblest lays 5 
We will sing our Saviour's merits, 

Gladly chant ImmanuePs praise* 

8. 7. 4- Hornets Col. 

JJnion to C/irist. 

SOVEREIGN grace, o'er sin abounding^ 
liansom'd souls the tidings swell;; 



635 FAITH^S VIEW OF HEAVEN. 



'Tis a deep that knows no sounding, 
Who its breadth or length can tell : 

^Tis an ocean 

Without bottom or a shore. 

2 

Once in Christ, in Christ for ever ; 
This the gospel scheme declares : 
Death nor heil, nor sin shall sever 
Jesus, from his chosen heirs : 
Blest in Jesus, 

Members of his mystic frame. 

3 

Saints above, in full communion^ 
Shine unspotted with their head j 
We can sin^f eternal union, 
Tho' in thorny paths we tread : 
One with Jesus 

His dear saints have ever been. 

4 

[Here ]\^anassah joins with Mary, 
Full salvation tunes their tongues ; 
Here the blind, the halt, the weary, 
Join to sing the song of songs : 
Shouting free grace, 
Thro' the vast expanse of heaven.] 

635 L. M. 

Faifh^s View of Heaven. 

WHEN faith beholds the saints above, 
And hears their strains of Jesu's love^ 
I fain would fly to join their lays, 
And sing with them my Saviour's praise. 
2 

But can my soul such bliss obtain, 
Whose guilt deserves eternal pain ! 
Can I expect his face to see 
Throughout a vast eternity ? 



VILLAGE WORSHIP. 



636 



If heav'n be mine, 'tis all of grace ; 
111 praise him for the lowest place 5 
May I bat reach within the door, 
My anxious soul desires no more, 
4 

^ The^^e, ye that love my Saviour, sit. 
There I with you would fain have place, 
Anioufi' your thrones, or at your feet, 
So I might see his lovely face.' 

636 L. M. S . 

Still to the cottages repair ; 

For most thy presence, O my God; is there. 

Walsh* 

Village Worship, 

ACCEPT, O Lord, our songs of praise, 
Thou source of love, thou sinner's friend ; 
We bless thee for the means of grace, 
O may thy grace these means attend ! 

2 

Thou wilt not, gracious God, despise 
The humble dwelling where we meet, 
Accept our grateful sacrifice. 
And make our meditation sweet. 

3 

Spirit divine, without thine aid, 
A Gabriel here, might preach in vain j 
Now be thine energies display'd, 
May ev'ry soul instruction gain. 

4 

Dear Saviour, we would make thee room^ 

For thee our ardent spirits pant ; 
; Come, O Lord Jesus, c^uickly come^ 
! For thou alone art all we want. 



6S7 REPENTANCE ACCEPTED. 



637 (First Part) L. M. Stennett. 

Repenting Sinner accepted Luke xv. 32. 
HENE'EH a sinner turns to God 
With contrite heart and flowing eyes y 
The happy news makes angels smile, 
And tell the joys above the skies. 

2 

Well may the church below rejoice, 
And echo back the heavenly sound ; 

This soul was dead, but now's ahv^e, 
" This sheep was lost, but now is found*'"* 

3 

Glory to God on high be giv'n, 
For his unbounded love to men : — - 
Let saints below and saints above. 
In concert join their loud — Amen. 

637 (and Pt.) C. M. 

Tlie Pharisee and Publican^ Luke xviii. 10,13. 

SEE how the boasting Pharisee 
Within the temple stands ; 
To heav'n with lofty eyes he looks^ 
And lifts unhallow'd hands* 
2 

Of ev'ry good he vainly boasts, 

But nought of Jesu's blood, 
By which a poor condemned vvretcb 
May find access to God. 

3 { 
But hear the humble sinner's pray'f-^ * 
Mercy is all his cry ; C 
Spare, gracious Lord, O spare — nor let . 
A mourning sinner die." 

4 

To heav'n his humble pray'r ascends* 
And brings salvatioa down ^ 




VILLAGE WORSHIP. 638; 639 



Silt the proud Pharisee returns 
Rejected with a frown. 

5 

Here, like the Publican I stand,— 

O heal the wounds within 5 
Shew mercy, Lord, O Lord, forgive^ 

And cleanse my soul from sin. 

638 83. 5' . 

Prayer for a Blessing on the Word, 

DEAR Saviour, remember the word 
On which thou hast caused us to rest j 
Thy promised kindness afford, 
To make our society blest. 

2 

f Tho' poor is the place wh^re we meetj 
This will not thy presence exclude ; 
In the barn, the workshop, or street, 
Thou'rt pleas'd to communicate good.J 
3 

Now let thy rich grace be displayed, 
To rescue some brand from the fire 5 
3peak spiritual life to the dead, 
And grant the poor suppliant's desire* 
4 

O help us in hearing thy word, 
O teach us to praise, and to pray j 
All needful assistance afford, 
And send us rejoicing away» 

639 8. 7. Mudan^s CoL 

Divine Love, 2 Gor. iii. 17, 18. 

LOVE divine, all love excelling, 
Joy of heav'n to earth come down t 
Ipix in us thy humble dwelling, 
All thy faithful mercies crown ; 



640 VILLAGE WORSHIP. 



2 j^flif|u^^^g^ 
Je^us^ thou art all compassion^ TflRHI 
Pure unbounded love thou art; 
Yisit us with thy salvation, 
Enter ev'ry trembling heart. 

3 

[Come, thou holy loving Spirit, 
Enter ev'ry troubled breast 5 
Xet us all in thee inherit 
Peace, and joy, and holy rest; 

4 

Take away the love of sinning, 
Alpha and Omega be ; 
End of faith, as its beginning, 
Set our souls at liberty.] 
5 

Carry on thy new creation, 
Happy, holy may w^e be ! 
Xet us see our whole salvation 
Perfectly securM by thee ! 

6 

Chang'dfrom glory into glory, 
^Till in heav'n we take our place ; 
'Till we cast our crowns before thee, 
Lost in wonder, love, and praise ! 

640 L, M. Doddridge. 

Vision oftlie dry Bones, Ezek. xxxvii. 3. 
. Before Sermon. 

LOOK down^ O Lord, with pitying eye> 
See Adam^s race in ruin lie ; 
Sin spreads its trophies o'er the ground, 
And scatters slaughtered heaps around. 

2 

And can these mouldVing corpses live ? 
And 'lan these perish 'd bone^ re ive ? 
That, might\ God; to thee is vnown ! 
^Thai wondrous works is all thine o\rm 




VILLAGE WORSHIP. 



641 



3 

Thy ministers are sent in vain 
To prophesy upon the slain ; 
In Tain they call, in vain they cry, 
'Till thine almighty aid is nigh. 

4 

But if thy Spirit deign to breathe, 
Life spreads thro' all the realms of death 5 
Dry bones obey thy powerful voice ; 
They move, they waken, they rejoice. 

5 

So when thy trumpet's awful sound 
Shall shake the heav'ns and rend the ground 
Dead saints shall from their tombs arise. 
And spring to life beyond the skies. 

641 CM. Coivper. 

Walking imth God, Gen. v. 24. 

OFOR a closer walk with God, 
A calm and heavenly frame j 
A light to shine upon the road 
That leads me to the Lamb ! 

2 

Where is the blessedness I knew 

When first I saw the Lord ? 
Where is the soul-refreshing view 

Of JesuSj and his word ? 

3 

What peaceful hours I then enjoy M ! 

How sweet their meniTy still ! 
But they have left an aching void. 

The world can never fill. 

4 

Return, O holy Dove ! return, 

Sweet messenger of rest ! 
I hate the sins that made thee moui'n^ 

And drove thee from my breast. 



642 BELIEVER'S WANTS. 



5 

The dearest idol I have known j 

Whatever that idol be, 
Help me to tear it from thy throne. 

And worship only ihee^ 
6 

So shall my walk be close with Godj 
Calm and serene my frame ^ 

So purer light shall mark the road 
That leads me to the Lamb. 



643 L. M. 

Believer^s WantSy Judges xix. i 

AGAINj indulgent Lord, I comCj 
Again to tell my wants, presume 
No earthly bliss can do me good, 
I want tlie balm of Jesu's blood. 

2 

t want acquaintance with the Lamb^ 
To know the virtue of his name 5 
I want assurance of my faith^ 
I want a conquest over death. 

3 

I want Christ's robe of righteousness^ 
That bright, that spotless glorious dress 
I want to lay my own aside, 
I want to fly frotn legal pride* 
4 

I want to be made free indeed, 
And trample on the serpent's head | 
I want to triumph in thy love, 
And live and reign with thee abdve^. 



CHRISTIAN WARFARE. 643,644 



5 

I want, dear Lord, my wants to know, 
I want in faith and hope to grow ; 
I want thyself ;— this favour grant, 
And thou hast granted all I want, 

643 83, 

My God sJiall supply all your ISeed^ Phil, iv \% 
rjl HO' boundless your wants may appear, 
J_ Tho' sorrow and pain you may feel y 
Yet do not, ah ! do not despair. 
But rest on the Lord and be still. 

2 

The Lord thro' the desert shall lead, 
And hold up your steps as you go : 
^- My God shall supply all your need,^^ 
And riches of glory bestow. 

3 

No more let impatience then move 
Your murmuring lips to complain j 
For he, who is wisdom and love, 
Will not send a trial in vain. 

4 

From him ev'ry good doth proceed, 
And still he hath blessings in store ; 

My God shall supply all your need,'* 
And you shall his goodness adore. 



WmFARE. 

644 (1st Ft.) C, M. Keedham 
altered. 

JTie Christian Warrior ardmated and croicned^ 
Eph. vi. 11—17. 

STAND up, ye saints, and boldly march 
Against your mighty foes j 



644 CHRISTIAN WARFARE, 



Your Jesus fought the hosts ofhel!^ 
And conquered when he rose. 

2 

Put on the armour of the Lord, 

With truth gird up your loins ; 
No earthly armour is so bright, 

Or whh such lustre shines. 

3 

In vain the prince of darkness strives 

To give a mortal wound ; 
QuenchM by the shield of faith, his darts 

Fall harmless to the ground. 

4 

Stand fast in every evil day, 

Stand, and your foes defy ; 
Victorious faith shall gain the field, 

And all your foes shall fly. 

5 

Fear not, your Leader has subdu'd 

The powers of death and hell ; 
Dying, he conquered all his foes, 

And triumph'd when he fell. 

6 

From heav'n, see Jesus holds to view 

A bright immortal crown ; 
Fight on, for this shall grace your brow, 

Whene'er your warfare's done. 

G44 {2d. Pt.) C. M. Doddridge. 

The Christian Warrior^ Rev. ii. 10. 
"ARK ! 'tis our heav'nly Leader's voice^ 
- From his triumphant seat ; 
Midst all the war's lumult'ous noise, 
How pow'rfui and how sweet ! 

2 

^» Figlit on, my faithful band," he crie5^ 
Nor fear tlie mortal blow : 




CHRISTIAN WARFARE. 



^ « Who first in such a warfare dies 
^ Shall speediest vict'ry know. 

^* I have my days of combat knowjT, 
And in the dust was laid ; 
But thence I mounted to my throne, 
" And glory crowns my head. 

4 

That throne, that glory, you shall shar^ "^ 
" My hands tlie crown shall give ; 
^' And you the sparkling honours wear^ 
" While God himself shall live.'^ 
5 

, Lord, 'tis enough ; our souls^ are fir'd 
With courage and with love ; 
Vain are th' assaults of earth and helly 
Our hopes are fix'd above. 

644 (3d. Pt) 148th, 

Though faint y yet piu^suingj Judges viii. 4^ 

SOLDIERS of Christ, arise. 
And put your armour on 3 
Engage your enemies. 
Let ev'ry fear be gone : 
Now take the field, the fight renew, 
And never yield, " iho' faint, pursue.-^ 
2 

[Come feed on heav'nly bread, 
^Twill make you strong to fight 
God will supply your need, 
And put your foes to flight : 
His arm is strung, his word is true, 
' Ye saints, go on, " tho^ faint, pursite.'H 
3 

Wage war with ev'ry foe, 
For God is on your side ; 
Let all the nations know 
Tliut you in God confidg ; 




644 CHRISTIAN WARFAR 

Gird on your sword, the fight renew, 
luook to the Lord, tho' faint, pursue.'^ 
4 

Tho' sin, and death, and hell, 

Your heav'nly march oppose 5 

Fear not, it shall be w ell, 

God will confound your foes : 
Go on, ye saints, the fight renew, 
And Gideon like, " tho' faint, pursued* 
5 

Ke'er lay your weapons dov»Ti, 

^Till death shall close the strife | 

^Till you receive a crown 

Of everlasting life : 
On God depend, the fight renew. 
As Gideon conquer'd, so shall you. 

644 (4tlL Pt.) I48rb. Cowper. 

The Loi'd my Banner ^ Ex. xvii. 15. Judges vii 
20. 

BY whom was David taught 
To aim the dreadful blow^ 
When he Goliah fought. 
And laid the Hittite low ? 
Kor sword nor spear the stripling took^ 
But chose a pebble from the brook. 

2 

'Twas Israel's God and king 

Who sent him to the fight ; 

Who gave him strength to sling 

And skill to aim aright : 
Ye feeble saints, your strength endures^ 
Because voung David's God is yours. 

3 

Who order'd Gideon forth 
To storm the th' invader's camji, 
With arms of little worthy 
A pitcher and a lamp ; 



CHRISTIAN WARFARE. 6iS 

The trumpets made his coming knowriy ■ 
And all the host was overthrown* 
4 

O ! I have seen the day^ 

When with a single word^ 

God helping me to say 

My trust is in the Lord, 
^ly soul has quell'd a thousand foesi 
Fearless of all that could oppose. 

5 

But unbelief, self-will. 

Self-righteousness and pride. 

How often do they steal 

My weapons from my side ! 
Yet David's Lord, and Gideon's friend. 
Will help his servants to the end. 

645 c. M. T . 

He shall overcome at the lasty Gen. xUx. 19^ 

GREAT God, thy holy name we praise^ 
For all thy mercies past ; 
Tho' foes impede us in thy ways, 
W^e shall overcome at last.*^ 
2 

[Should all th- envenom'd troops of hell 

Lnite, our hope to blast ; 
In Christ, 'tis fix'd, this truth we tell, 
We shall overcome at last.'' 
3 

Tho' gloomy death alarm our fears, 

And us in darkness cast ; 
Tet still Jehovah's word declares, 

" We shall overcome at last.'' 
4 

"^ho' unbelief, that cursed foe, 
Attempt to bind us fast 5 

C c 2 



646, 647 WEEPLNG. 



Christ will not let his purchase go^ 
" We shall o'ercome at last.^ 



A 'Tiiiifr'liiiiiM ! 



Jesus, our Captain, leads us on, 
^Till Jordan's streams are pasi: ; 

And when we reach our heav'iily homej 
We'll sing, " overcome at last." 

648 S. M. Heat/i. 

Watch and pray ^ Matt. xxvi.41, 

MY soul, be on thy guard. 
Ten thousand foes arise 5 
And hosts of sins are pressing hardj 
To draw thee from the skies. 

2 

P watch, and fight^ and pi'av^ 
The battle ne'er give o'er 5 
llenew it boldly ev'ry day, 
And help divine implore*, 
3 

Ke'er think the vict'ry won^ 
Nor once at ease sit down ; 
i'hy arduous work will not be done^ 
^Till thou hast got thy crown. 

4 

.Fight on, my soul, till death 
Shall bring thee to thy God ; 
be'll take thee at thy parting breathy 
|Jp to his blest abode. 



WEEPING. 



(547 L. M. ScolL 

Support w Godunder the Loss of dear Friends^ 
rj[1IiE God of love will sure indulge 
JL The flowing tear, the heaving sighj 
When rigkteous persons fall around, — 
tender friends and kindred die^ 



WEEPING, 64^ 



2 

Yet not one anxious murm'ring thought 
Should with our mournhig passions blend | 
Nor would our bleeding hearts forget 
Th' almighty ever-living friend* 
3 

Beneath a num'rous train of ills, 
Our feeble liesh and heart may fail 5 
Yet shall our hope in thee, our God^ 
O'er ev'ry gloomy foar prevail. 

4 

Parent and husband, guard and guide^ 
Thou art each tender name in one 5 
Op thee we cast our ev'ry care, 
And comfort seek from thee alone? 

5 

Our Father God, to thee we look, 
Our rock, our portion, and our friend j 
And on th}^ covenant love and truth 
Our sinking souls shall still depends 

648 c. M. 

Jesus ivcejjing over Jerusalem^ Luke, xix, 4J» 

AS Christ approach'd Jerusalem!, 
And near that city stood, 
His eyes beheld her guilty walls, 
And wept a sacred flood. 

2 

And can my eyes, without a tear, 

A weeping Saviour see f 
ghall I not weep his groans to hear^ 

Who groan'd and dyM for me ? 

3 

Blest Jesus, let those tears of thine 

Subdue each stubborn foe ; 
Cpme, fill my heart with love divine^ 

Au^ hid my sorrows flow. 



649; 650 WITNESS OF HEAVENn 
4 

[But vain would all my sorrows prove 

To vrash away my sin ; — 
^'hy blood, dear Lord, and thine alone, 

Can make my conscience clean.] 

649 C. M, Beddome altered. 

Why weej}est thou ? John xx. 13. 
"^^T^ T^HY. O my scid ! why weepest thou ? 

V t ell mc A'om " nence arise 
Thc-^ i^i— te?Mz ^h^r o^>eLi ii.^w, 
Tii: - £ 1. at.s \7IiIch pierce the skies* 

Is si:. complixiiit ? 

Or th.' ■ ; 
Dost thou ri- c _i le: . i^iment ? 

And ricarn an abseiit God ? 

3 

Dear Lord, it is for th ie alonej 

I weep, and sreK, aD pray ; 
Otake from me this heait of stone^ 

And chase my fears avv^ay. 

4 

Fain would I weep for nought but sin^ 
And after none but thee 3 

let nie from this time begin. 
And such a weeper be 1 

650 L. M. Srcain. 

IVitness of Heaven, Titas iii. 7* 

AND may I hope, that when no more 
My pulse shall beat with life below, 

1 shall the God of grace adore, 
And all the bliss of glory know ? 

2 

I, who deserve no place but hell, 
r^p portion but devouring fire. 



WORKS. 



651 



Shall I with Christ my Saviour dwell^ 
Possessed of all I now desire ? 

3 

Will Jesus own a wretch like me ? 
And tell to saints and angels round 
That, when he suffered on the tree^ 
My sins augmented ev'ry wound ? 

4 

[Will he, from life's eternal book 
To earth and heav'n proclaim my name 5 
On me, as on his chosen look, 
And make my lot with theirs the same ?] 
5 

He will ! — I read it in his word, 
And in my heart the witness feel : 
I shall be with, and like my Lord, 
Tho' sin oppose in league with hell ! 

G 

I shall be with him, when he comes 
Triumphant down the pathless skies : 
And, when his voice breaks up the tombs. 
Among his children I shall rise : — 
7 

Among his chosen I shall stand, 
Wlien quick and dead his throne surround 
Bless'd with a place at his right-hand, 
And with imraortai glory crovvn'd ! 



WORKS. 



601 C. M. Brown. - 

Acceptance in Christ alone^ Micah vi. 6, 7» 

I TOW sliall I come before the Lord^" 
-M. C>r bow before liis throne ? 
Or how procrtre his kind regard), 
Or fur my guilt atone ? 



652 WORLD^ 



2 

Shall altars flame and victims bleed^ 

And spicy fumes ascend ? 
Will these my earnest wish succeed^ 

And make my God my friend ? 

3 

Should thousand rams in flames expire^ 

Would these his favour buy ? 
Or oil, that should for holy fire. 

Ten thousand stream.s supply ? 

With trembling hands^ and bleeding hear^ 'iH 

Should I my offspring slay ; 
Would this a cheerful hope impart^ 

Or purge my guilt away ? 

5 

Ah ! no, my soul, ^twere fruitless allj 

Such victims bleed in vain ; 
No fatlings, from the field or stall, 

Such favour can obtain I 
6 

None, but a dying Saviour's bloody 

Can all thy guilt remove ; 
This plead, my soul, before thy God^ 

And sing redeeming love. 



WORLD. 
65g C. M. Steele. 

Vanity of the JForld, Psalm iv. 6, 7* 
r TN vain the giddy world inquires 
L A For some substantial good ; 
While earth confines their low desires^ 
They live o^i airy food. 



World* 



€53 



2 

Illusive dreams of happiness 

Their eager thoughts employ ; 
They wake, convinced their boasted bliss 

Was visionary joy.] 

3 

Begone, ye gilded vanities, 

I seek substantial good ; 
To real bliss my wishes rise^ 

The favour of my God. 

4 

Thy smiles immortal joys impart^ 

Heav'n dawns in ev'ry ray ; 
One glimpse of thee Will cheer my heart) 

And turn my night to day. 

5 

Not all the good which earth bestows^. 

Can fill the craving mind ; 
Its highest joys have mingled wo^s^ 

And leave a sting behind. 

6 

Should boundless wealth increase my store^j 

Can wealth my cares beguile ? 
I should be wretched still, and poor, 

Without thy blissful smile. 

7 

Grant, O my Father, and my God^ 

This sweet, this one request ; 
Be thou my guide to thine abode. 

And mine eternal rest. 

653 C. !VI. Keedham. 

Man wants but little, nor that little long. 

YoUNGi 

The rich Fool mrprisedy Luke xii. 16 — 22* 

DELUDED souls ! who think to grasp 
A solid bliss below ! 



654 



WORLD. 



Bliss ! the fair flow'r of paradise, 
On earth can never grow. 

2 

See how tlie foolish wretch is pleas'd 

T' increase his worldly store ^ 
Too narrow now he finds his barns. 

And covets room for more. 

3 

What shall I do distress^ he cries^ 

This scheme will J pursue ; 
My scanty barns shall now come down, 

1'] build them large and new. 
"4 

^' Hei^ will I lay my fruits, and bid 
My soul enjoy her ease ; 
Eat, drink, be glad ; my lasting store 
" Shall yield what joys I please.'^ 
5 

Scarce had he spoke, when, lo ! from heav'i^ 

Th' Almighty made reply ; 
^» Thou fool, for whom dost thou provide^ 

^' Since thou this night shalt die 
6 

Teach me, my God, that earthly joys 

Are but an empty dream ; 
And let me find my all of bliss 

In thee, the good supreme ! 

654 C. M. Br own. - 

The iimrth of one Soul, IMark viii. 36, ST, 

YAIN world, thy cheating arts give o'er, 
Tiiii^e oiTers i despise ; 
In vain thou spreadst thy tempting store, 
To catch my wand'rino; eves. 

2^ 

Bribe me no niore with glitt'ring toys, 
To catch my soul away j 



WORLD, 



Nor seekj by such delusive joyS; 
To tempt my feet astray. 

3 

[ I cannot lose the Hving God 

For one short dream of joy ; 
With fond embrace cling to a clod. 

And fling all heav'n away.J 
4 

I cannot part with gold for dross, 

Nor solid good for show ! 
Outlive my bliss, and mourn my loss 

In everlasting woe ; 

Vain world, thy weak attempts forbear 5 

I all thy charms defy 5 
And rate my precious soul too dear 

For all thy wealth to buy, 

655 a M. Shoveller. 

IVkat shall a Man profit ? Mark viii. S6^ Sfv 

WHAT does the worldling gain 
By all his vain pursuits ? 
1 His very pleasure gives him pain, 
' And misery are its fruits. 

2 

What anxious cares corrode 
I The mind intent on wealth ; 
I His mammon oft becomes a load^ 

Which robs him of his health, 
3 

Does he his end attain, 
And in full affluence roll ? 
j \Vhat does the sordid creature gaia 
When God demands his soul r 
4 

His spirit still must live, 
Which Justice will demai>d !.-— . 



656 



WORLD. 



What will the iiiipidus wretch now 
To wrest it from his hand ! 

5 

My soul — to heav'n aspire 
And seek thine all in God : 
Nor e'er pollute thy pure desire, 
By trifles on the road. 

6 

He does my soul now bless, 
W^ith his enriching grace ; 
But O what wealth shall I possess, 
When I behold his face I 
7 

[These riches of his grace 
Will then to glory rise, 
When I have run my earthl}^ race 
And gainM th' immortal prize.] 

656 10s. Brainard. 

Farewell to the World, 

FAREWELL, vain world, your charms I 
bid adieu, 
My Saviour taught me to abandon you : 
Your smiles ma}^ gratify a carnal mind, 
But not a soul for heavenly joys design'dMH|ll|| 

j Forbear t' entice, cease now my soul to call, 
\ *Tis fix'd thro' grace, my God shall be my Ail ; 
While thus my soul does heavenly glories view^ 
Your beauties fade, my heart'^s no room for you, 
3 

[Earth can no comfort to my soul afford, 
While I possess my Saviour and my Lord ^ 
lie. my dear God, shall freely have my heart. 
Kor^hall he evenuore from thence depart.] 




WORLD. 



-657 



057 8. 8. 6. Harrisoih 

AVe often see contentment dwell 
In a mean cot, or meaner cell. 

World renoumed^ 1 Tim. vi. 8, 9» 
rjlELL me no more of earthly toys, 
A Of sinful mii'th and carnal joyS; 

(The things I lov'd before ;) 
Let me but view my Saviours face. 
And feel his animating grace. 
And I desire no more. 

2 

Tell me no more of praise or wealth. 
Of careless ease and blooming health, 

For they have all their snares : 
Let me but know my sins forgiven, 
And see my name enrollM in heav^n^ 

And I am free from cares; 

S 

[Tell me no more of lofty tow'rs. 
Delightful gardens, fragrant bowVs, 

For these are trifling things ; 
The little room for me designed, 
Will suit as well my easy mind, 

As palaces of kings. 

4 

Tell me no more of crowned guests, 
Of gaudy dress, and sumptuous feasts, 

Extravagance and waste : 
My little table only spread 
With wholesome herbs and wholesome bread^ 

Will better suit my taste.] 
5 

Give me a Bible in my hand, 
A heart to read and understand^ 
Tliis sure unerring word ^ 



658 YEAR. 

I'd urge no company to stay^ 
But sit alone from day to day. 
And converse with the Lord*, 

658 L. M. Shoveller, 

New Year J Psalm cxliv. 4. 

BLEST be th' Eternal, Infinite ! 
Whose skill conducts this rolling sphere $ 
Who rules our day, who guards our nighty 
And guides the swift revolving year ! 

2 

Our race are falling ev'ry hour. 
While we, distinguished, yet appear ; 
'Tis of thy matchless love and pow'r^ 
That we are spar'd another year. 

3 

O ! for a sweet refreshing time ; — 
Father ! thy children wish thee near 5^. 
Come, and our joys shall be sublime, 
While we begin another year, 
4 

[Now may thy Spirit's love reveal. 
And make our heav'nly prospects clear j 
Our interest in them may we feel, 
W^hile we pass on from year to year. 

5 

~May that good Spirit be our giiide^ 
During our stav' as pilgrims here ; 
Nor let us from our God backslide, 
As we have done the former year,! 

Strengthen our faith, increase our love^^ 
Fill us with godly filial fear ; 
And to thy waiting children prove 
Thy grace thro' ev'ry fleeting year, 




YEAR. 



7 

fTbi§ truth impress on ev'ry soul, 
That vast eternity is near ; 
That times swift moments onward roll, 
To bring the last ; — the closing year. 

8 

When nature in a blaze shall die, 
Or death conclude our being here ^ 
Then to our Jesus may we fly, 
To spend a never-ending year !] 

659 7s. JSTewton. 

Neto Year, Jer. xxviii. 16* 

10 ! another year is gone ! 
_i Quickly have the -seasons passM 
This we enter now upon 
Will to many prove their last : 
[Mercy hitherto has spar'd, 
.But have mercies been improved ? 
Let us ask ; Am 1 prepared, 
Should 1 be this year remov'd ?j 
2 

Some, we now no longer see, 
Who their mortal race have run ^ 
Seem'd as fair for life as we, 
When the former year begun : 
Some, (but who, God only knows,) 
That are here assembled now. 
Ere the present year shall close, 
To the stroke of death must bow. 

3 

If from guilt and sin set free. 
By the knowledge of thy grace; 
Welcome, then, the call will be^ 
To depart and see thy face 5 



660 YOUTH AND OLD AGE. 

To thy saints^ while here below, 
With new years, new mercies come ; 
But the happiest year they know, 
Is their last, which leads them home. 



YOUTH. 
660 CM. Doddridge. 

Youth encouraged to seek Christ, Prov. viii. 17^ 

YE hearts with youthful vigour warm^ 
In smiling crowds draw near 5 
And turn from ev'ry mortal charm, 
A Saviour's voice to hear. 

2 

He, Lord of all the worlds on high, 

Stoops to converse with you ; 
And lays his radiant glories by, 

Your friendship to pursue. 

3 

" The soul that longs to see my face, 

" Is sure my love to gain ; 
^' And those that early seek my grc^ce 

" Shall never seek in vain.'^ 
4 

What object. Lord, my soul should move, 

If once compared with thee ? 
What beauty should command my love, 

Like what in Christ 1 see ? 

5 

Awake, ye false delusive toys, 

Vain tempters of the mmd 5 
^Tis here I fix my lasting choice^ 

for here true bliss I find. 




YOUTH AND OLD AGE. 661,662 



661 C. M. Steele. 

Death of a young Ferson, Job xiv. 1. 
HEN blooming youth is snatchM awav 
By death's resistless hand. 
Our hearts the mournful tribute pay. 
Which pity must demand. 

2 

While pity prompts the rising sigh. 

Oh, may' this truth, imprest 
With awful pow'r— I too must die 

Sink deep in ev'ry breast. 

3 

Let this vain world engage no more : 

Behold the gaping tomb ! 
It bids us seize the present hour ; 

To-morrow, death may come. 

4 

The voice of this alarming scene 

May cv'ry heart obey 5 
Nor be the heav'nly warning vain, 

Which calls to watch and pray.^^ 
5 

Oh, let us fly— to Jesus fly, 

Whose powerful arm can save : 
Then shall our hopes ascend on high, 

And triumph o'er the grave. 

6 

Great God ! thy sovereign grace impart, 
With cleansing, healing pow'r 5 

This only can prepare the heart 
For death's surprising hour. 

662 L. M. rVesley. 

Old Age^ Isaiah xlvi. 4. 

IN age and feebleness extreme 5 
Who shall a helpless worm redeem ? 




663 YOUTH AND OLD AGE. 



^Tis only Jesus by his blood, 
Can raise a sinking soul to God. 

2 

Jesus ! my only hope thou art, 
Strength of my failing flesh and heart 5 
O could I catch a smile from thee^ 
.And drop into eternity* 

663 C. M. Williams's CoL 

Old Age, Psalm Ixxi. 9. 

CT ORD, guide me down the steep of age^ 
i— i4 And keep my passions cool 5 
Teach me to scan the sacred page^ 
And practice ev'ry rule.] 
2 

My flying years, time urges on, 

What's mortal must decay ; 
My friends, my 3-oung companions gone^ 

Can I expect to stay ? 

3 

'Can I exemption plead, when death 

Projects his awful dart ? 
Can med'cines then prolong my breath, 

Or virtue shield my heart ? 

4 

Ah ! no — ^then smooth, O Lord, the hour^ 

On thee my hope depends : 
Support me with almighty pow'r, 

VVhile dust to dust descends. 

5 

Then shall my soul, O gracious God ! 

(While angels guard the way,) 
With rapture haste to thine abode, 

To dwell in endless day. 

6 

Thro' heav'n howe'er remote the boun^ 
Thy love I'll tlieB^roclaim j 



^ACCiiEUS' CONVERSION. 664 

An^ join the choir of saints that sound 
Their great Redeemer's nameb 

664 I48th. Mwton. 

Zacclieiis^s Conversion^ Luke xix. 1 — 

ZACCHEUS climbM the tree, 
And tho sight himself miknown 5 
But how surprised was he. 
When Jesus calPd him down ! 
The Lord beheld him, tho' concealed* 
And by a word his pow'r reveal'd. 

2 

[Wonder and joy at onc6 
Were painted on his face ; 
^* Does he my name pronounce^ 
" And does he know my case ? 
Will Jesus deign with me to dine ? 
Lord, I, with all I have, are thine/^3 
3 

Thus where the gospel's preach'd, 
And sinners come to hear. 
The hearts of some are reach'd 
j Before they are aware : 
' The word directly speaks to themj 
\nd seems to point them out by name^ 
■ 4 

I 'Tis curiosity 

Oft brings them in the way^ 
Only the man to see, 
And hear what he can say : 
Jut hovv the sinner starts to find, 
?he preacher knows his inmost vciixi^^ 
5 

His long-forgotten faults 
Are brought again to view^ 
And all his secret thoughts 
Ileveal'd in public too : 
D ft 



665 ZION. 

Tho' compass'd with a crowd about, 
The searching word has found him out. 
6 

While thus distressing pain, 

And sorrow fills his heart, 

He hears a voice again, 

That bids his fears depart ^ 
Then, like Zaccheus, he is blest, 
And Jesus deigns to be his guest. 





665 L. M. Missionary Col. 

, Fray er for Zion^s Increase^ Isaiah li. 9- 
A ^ ^^^^ Lord, awake ! awake ! 
XjL Put on thy strength, the nations shake i 
And let the world adoring see. 
Triumphs of mercy wrought by thee ! 

2 

Say to the heathen, from thy throne, 
«^ I AM Jehovah, God alone 
Thy voice their idols shall confound^ 
-And cast their altars to the ground. 

3 

1^0 more let human blood be spilt, 
Vain sacrifice for human guilt ! 
3But to each conscience be apply 'd. 
The blood that flowM from Jesu's sid^. 

4 

J Arm of the Lord, thy pow'r extend, 
liCt Mahomet's impostures end ; 
Break superstition's papal chain. 
And the proud scoffer's rage restrain. 

5 

iM, Sion's time of favour come, 
O J bring the tribes of Israel home ; 



666, 6Gr 



And let our wond'ring eyes behold 
Gentiles and Jews in Jesu's fold.] 
6 

Almighty God ! thy grace proclaim^ 
In ev'ry land, of ev'rv name ! 
Let adverse povv'rs before thee fall, 
And crown the Saviour, Lord of AIL 

666 L. M. Swain. 

Zioii^s Tilgrim^ Rom. xiii. 11. 

PILGRIMS;, we are to Canaan bound^ 
Our journey lies along this road \ 
This wilderness we travel round, 
To reach the city of our God. 

C/lOi^US. 

Qu» [O happy pilgrimsj spotless fair, 

What makes your robes so white appear ? 

An, Our robes are wash'd in Jesu's blood, 
And w^e are travelling home to God.] 
2 

A few more days, or weeks, or years, 
In this dark desert to complain ; 
f A few^ more sighs, a few more tears, 
And we shall bid adieu to pain. 
C/to. O happy pilgrims, &c- 

^-667 (1st. Pt,) L, M. Kexvlon. 

Zion^s Traveller viewing Home, 

AS when the weary traveller gains 
The heigth of some o'erlooking hill^ 
His heart revives, if, cross the plains 
He eyes his home, tho' distant still. 

2 

[While he surveys the much-lov'd spot, 
lie slights the space that lies between 5 
His past fatigues are now forgot. 
Because the journey's end is seen.] 



ZfON. 



3 

Thus when the Christian pilsfnm view§ 
By faith, his mansion in the skies; 
The sight his fainting strength renews^ 
And wings his speed to reach the prize^ 
4 

[The thought of home his spirit cheers^ 
No more he grieves for troubles past | 
Nor any future trial fears. 
So he may safe arrive at last.] 
5 

^Tis there, with Jesus, he's to dwell^ 
To spend an everlasting day ; — 
There shall he bid his cares farewell, 
For he shsll wipe his tears away. 

667 (2nd. Part.) S. M. 

Zion^s Pilgrims singing heavenward^ 
Isaiah xxxv 10. 

SING, ye redeemed of the Lord^ 
Your great deliverer sing | 
Pilgrims for Sion's city bound^ 
Be joyful in your King. 

2 ^ 

[Sing, and invite the strangers round^ 

Your pious march to join ; 
And spread the sentiments you feel, 
^ Of faitii and love divine,] 
3 

Sing loud, in sweet seraphic straln% 
What Christ has done for you ; 
Sing, how he broke sin's iron chains^ 
And form'd your hearts anew. 

4 

Sing on^ tho' earth and hell oppose^, 
(Your sins are all forgiv'n ;) 
?5Sng on, rejoicing all the way^ 
Ti!l you axrive hi heav'n* 



ZION. 608; 6^ 



5 

fSee yonder — Salem's golden spiresj 
n beauteous prospect rise ; 
And brighter crowns than monarehs wear | 
Which sparkle thro' the skies. 

6 

A hand divine, shall lead you on^^ 
Thro' ail the blissful road, 
Till to the sacred mount you rise, 
To see a smiling God.j 

668 8: 7. 4. Bristol Col 

!^ion^s Increase prayed for y Vs'di\m xlv, 3-— 5. 
g i IRD thy s^word on^ mighty Saviour^ 
vjr Make the word of truth thy car ] 

l^rosper in thy course, triumphantj 

AH succe,ss attend thy v\^ar 5 

Gracious victor, 

Bring thy trophies from afar. 

2 

Majesty combin'd with meekness, 
Righteousness and peace unite 
To ensure thy blessed conquests ; 
Take possession of thy right : 
Ride triumphant, 
Deck'd in robes of purest light. 

3 

Blest are they that touch thy sceptre, 
Blest are ail that own thy reign ; 
Freed from sin, that worst of tyrants. 
Rescued from its galling chain , 
Saints and angels, 

All who know thee, bless thy reign. 

669 148th. A(edham. 

Going to ChurcJi^^ Psalm cxxii, 

WHAT joy possessed my heart? 
What transport did i kd 



669 



ZION. 



To hear my piaus friends 

Express their holy zeal ? 
To Sion's hill let us repau'. 
To pay our vows and worship there* 
2 

With walling feet we'll go. 

Within her gates we'll stand ; 

Sion — thy courts we love- — 

The glory of our land ; 
In our esteem, thy buildings are 
Divinely rich, divinely fliir. 

3 

How pleasant 'tis to see 
The throne:ing tribes.ascend ! 
With holy longinos, there 
The sacred hours to spend ; 
Where God records his gracious name^ 
ilis saints may lay their humble claim. 

4 

Eere, David's greater Son, 
Maintains his royal throne 5 
The king of righteousness 
Here makes his glories known : 
To earth he came, from realms above,. 
To rule the world with truth and love-. 

5 

[For Sion's peace, ye saints, 
Your fervent prayVs uiiite ; 
Be this your work by day, 
Your pleasure this by night : 
Sion, thy sons which love thee best, 
Snail in thy peace be greatly blest. 

6 

For our dear brethren's sake, 
Sion, we wish thee peace 5 
F'rosper, O prosper long ! 
And may thy sons increase 5 



DISMISSIONS. 670, 6X1 



We seek thy good, we love the road, 
Which leads us to God's blest abode. 

6/0 5. 8 9. loplady. 

Zion's Praise, 
^ r 1 1 IS pleasant to sing 

The sweet praise of our King^ 
As here in the vallej' ^ve move : 
^Twill be pleasanter stilly 
When i^e stand on the hill 
And give thanks to our Saviour abovp. 

niSMissiom. 



6/1 L. M. Barnard. 

FAREWELL. 
At Farting J Acts xviii. 21. 

O HAPPY day ! when saints shall meet 
To part no more; the thought how sweet/!; 
No more to feel the rending smart 
Oft felt below^ — when Christians part, 
2 

O ! happy place I stili must say, 
Where ail but love is done away j 
All cause of parting tiiere is past^^ * 
Their social feast ill ever last. 

3 

Such union here is sought in vain, 
As thercj iii evVy heart will reign ; 
There, separations ne'er compel 
The saii:ts to bid the sad farewell, 
4 

On earth, when friends together meet^ 
And find the passing moments sweet, 
Time's rapid motions soon compel. 
With grief to say, dear frieadsj,^ fuicw^flJ 



6t%rT^ DISMISSIONS. 



5 

[The shepherd feels the smarting shocfej 
Of palling from his weeping flock ; 
His feelings for them none can tell, 
When calFd to say — my friends, farewell.] 
6 

The happy season soon will come 
"When saints shall meet in heav'n their home*** 
Eternally with Christ to dwell — 
more to hear the sound-^farewell. 

67S L. M. Hart. 

Prater at Parting. 

DISMISS us with thy blessing, Lord^j^ 
Help us to feed upon thy wordj 
All that has been amiss, forgive, 
And let thy truth within us live^ 
2 

Tho' we are guilty, thou art good ; 
Wash all our works in Jesu's blood j 
<jive ev'ry fetterM soul release. 
And bid us all depart in peace,'^ 

673 L M. Ktxvton. 

^The Peace of God shall keep, ^c. PhiL iv. 

THE peace which God alone reveals, 
And by his word of grace imparts, 
Which only the believer feels, 
Direct, and keep, and cheer our hearts ; 
2 

i And may the holy Three in One, 
The Father, Word, and Comforter | 
Four an abundant blessing down 
C>a ev'ry soul assembled here* 



DISMISSIONS. 



674, 6p 



674 C, M, Gibbons. 

Sanctification and Groivth, Ileb. xiii. 20. 21. 
^%T0 W may the God of peace and love^ 
.J-% Who from th' imprisoning grave 
Restor'd tke shepherd of the sheep. 
Omnipotent to save ; 

2 

Thro' the rich merits of that blood. 

AVhich he on CalvTy spilt — 
To make th' eternal covenant siire^ 

On which our hopes are built.^ 
3 

Perfect our souls in evVy grace 

T' accomplish ail his vvill ; 
And all that's pleasing in his sighl; 

Inspire us to fulfil ! 

4 

For the great Mediator's sake, 

We ev*ry blessing pray ; 
With glory let his name be crown'd 

'1 hro' heav'ns eteriial day ! 

675 C. M, Millers 

Church Union, Col. ii. 2. 

OUR souls by love together knit, 
Cemented, mix in one ; 
One hope, one heart, one mind, one voice j-^sf* 
^Tis heav'n on earth begun ! 

2 . 

Our hearts have biirn'd while Jesus spake^ 

And glow'd v/ith sacred fire; 
He stopped, and talk'd, and fed, and bles^ 

And fill'd th' enlarged desire. 

Chorus, h. M. 

A Saviour let creation sing ! 
^ A Saviour let all heaven ring^ 



biSMISSIONS. 



He's God with us, we fc^el him oiir^S) 
K is fulness in our souls he pours ! 
^lis almost done — 'tis almost o'er — 
We're joining them who're gone before, 
We then shall meet to part no more. 

3 

The little cloud increases stilly 
The heav'ns are big with rain ) 

We haste to catch the teeining show'r^ 

I And all its moisture drain : 

f 4 

A rill, a stream, a torrent flows ! 
But pour a mighty flood : 

ph ! sweep the nations — shake the earth ; 
Till all proclaim thee God. 

A Saviour &;c^ 

5 

And when thou mak^st thy jewels up, 
And sett'st thy starry crown ; 

When all thy sparkling gems shall shin^^ 
Fioclaim'd by thee thin^ own : 

^lay we— a little band oi love^ 
Poor sinners savM by grace, 
From glory into g-ory chang'd, ^ 

behold THEE PACE TO FACE ! 

" A Saviour &€. 

B76 0. M. Cminick/ 

V raise to Christ j Psalm cxv* 1* 
*1^p"0T unto us, but thee alone, 
X Bless'd Lamb, be glory giv'n ; 
le shall thy praises be beguh, 
' A nd carried on in heav'n. 

2 

Till we the veil of flesh lay down^ 
Atcept our weaker lays i 



DISMISSIONS. 



And when we reach thy blissful throne^ 
We'll give thee nobler pxaise. 

677 8. ^I, Hammond, 

Praise to Christ, Rev. xv. 3, 

AW.\KE, and sing the song 
Of Moses and the Lamb ; 
Wake, ev'ry heart and ev'ry tongue. 
To praise the Saviour's name^ 

2 " y 

Sing of his dying love, 
Siiig of his rising pow'r ! 
Sing how he intercedes above. 
For those whose sins he bore,, 
3 

[Sing till we feel our hearts 
Ascending with our tongues ; 
S>'mg till the love of sin departs, 
And grace inspires our songs.] 
4 

Sing on your heav'nly way, 
Ye ransom'd sinners, sing j 
^» Sing on rejoicing ev'ry day. 
In Christ th' exalted King." 
' 5 

Soon shall your raptur'd tongue, 
li'is endless praise proclaim ; 
And sweeter voices tune th^ song 
Of Moses and the Lamb. 

678 S. M. Griffin Seh 

At parting, 

ONCE more before we part, 
Great God, attend our pray'r j 
And seal the gospel on the heart 
Of ev'r^ person here. 



m 



DsiMissiaxa 



2 

And if we meet no more 
On Sion's holy ground, 
niay we reach that blissful shore, 
Where all thy saints are bound. 

679 6s, Hawker^s Coh 

At Farting, 

ONCE more before we part, 
Bless the Redeemer's name \ 
J^et ev'ry tongue and heart, 
Praise and adore the same. 

Cfiorus, 
Jesii55, the sinner's friend, 
Him, whom our souls adore J 
His praises have no end 5 
Praise him for evermore. 

2 

Lord, in thy grace v/e came, 
That blessing still impart | 
We meet in Jesu's name. 
In Jesu's name we part. 
Jesus, the sinner's friend, &c; 

3 

* Still on thy holy word 
We'd live, and feed, and grow, 
iGo on to know the Lord, 
And practise what we know. 
Jesus, the sinner's friend, &€r 

A 

Here, Lord, we came to iive^ 
And in thy truth increase , 
All that*s amis, forgive. 
And send us home in peace. 
Jesus, the sinner's friend, Sz€i 
5 

I Now Lord, before we part, 
lelp us to bless thy name ; 



DISMISSIOxNS. 6S0,6U 

May ev'ry tongue and heart 
Praise and adore the same. 
JesuSj the sinner's friend, &c.] 

680 7s. Neivton. 

At Farting^ Acts xX. S2, 

FOR a season calPd to part, 
Let us now ourselves commend 
To the gracious e3'e and heart. 
Of our ever-present friend. 

2 

Jesus, hear our humble pray V ! 
Tender Shepherd of thy sheep ! 
Let thy mercy and thy care, 
All our souls in safety keep. 

3 

Li thy strength may we be strong; 
Sweeten ev'ry cross and pain ; 
Give us, if we live, ere long. 
Here to meet in peace again, 
4 

Then if thou thy help afford, 
Ebenezers shall be rear'd ; 
And our souls shall praise the Lord, 
When our poor petition's heard. 

681 8s. Hart. 

Our God for ever and ever ^ Psalm xlviii. 14. 

THIS God is the God v/e adore, 
Our faithful unchangeable friend, 
Whose love is as large as his pov\' V, 
And neither knows measure nor end : 
2 

'Tis Jesus, the first and the last, 
Whose Spirit sliail guide us safe home \ 
We'll praise him for all that is past, 
And truiit hiiu for all that's to come. 



682, 683 DISMISSIONS. 



682 104lh. Hammond. 

Ui\changeabie Love. {i 

IF Jesas is ours, we have a true friend, 
ilis g-Qodness endures the sa.ne to the end: 
Our comforts may vary, our frames may decline i' 
We cannot miscarry , our aid is divme» 
2 

Tho' God may delay to shew us his Hght, 
And heaviness may endure for a night 5 i 
Yet joy, in the morning shall surely abound, I 
No shadow of turning in Jesus is found. 

3 , 

{Then tune ev'ry string to Jesus's name I 
With angels we'll sing the song of the Lamb t 
Thee, ev'ry believer shall joyfully praise, 
Thou bountiful giv^r of glory and grace.] 

683 104th. Brudfjra's Col- 

R joicing in Christ, 

Own AT shall I do, my Saviour to praise! 
So faithful and true, so plenteous in grace! 
So strong to deliver, so good to redeem 
The weakest believer that hangs upon him ; 

How happy the man whose heart is set free— 
The people that can be joyful in thee ! 
Their joy is to walk in the light of thy face, 
And sttill they are talking of Jesu^'s grace. 
3 

Their daily delight shall be in thy name, 

They shall, as their right th}^ righteousness claim : 

I Thy righteousness wearing and cleans'd by thy 

i blood, 

ir. Bold shall they appear in the presence of God, 



DISMISSIONS. 684— 



684 148th. Mntofi. 

Prayer Jor a Blessing, Rev. xxiK 20« 

TO thee, our wants are known, 
From thee are all our pow'rs ; 
Accept what is thine own. 
And pardon what is ours : 
Our praises, Lord, and pi'ay'rs receive, 
And to thy word a blessing give. 

2 

[O grant that each of us, 

Now met before thee here, 

May meet together thus, 

When thou and thine appear ! 
And follow thee to heav'n our home ; 
E'en so J Amen, Lord Jesus, come !] 

G83 8. T' JSexvtolu 

May the Grace, &c. 2 Cot. xiii. 14. 

MAY the grace of Christ our Saviour^ 
And the Feather's boundless love. 
With the Holy Spirit's favour, 
Rest upon us from above ! 

2 

Thus may we abide in union 
W^ith each other and the Lord ; 
And possess, in sweet communion^ 
Joys which earth cannot afford. 

686 8. 7. Deutori^s Col 

The Dismission, 

LORD, dismiss us with thy blessing^ 
Bid us all depart in peace j 
Still on e^ospel maniia feeding 
Pure seraphic joys increase; 
fill each breast with cons<«lationy 
lip to thee our voices ntise j 



687, C8S DOXOLOGIES. 



When we reach thy blissful station 
Then we'll sing thee nobler praise. 

Chorus, 

And sing hallelujah to God and the Lamb, 
I'or ever and ever, hallelujah, Amen. . 

687 8. 7. 4, Taijlor ^ Jones's Col 

At Dismission. 

LORDj dismiss us with thy blessing, 
Fill our hearts with joy and peace;- 
Let us each, thy love possessing^ 
Triumph in redeeming grace : 
O refresh us, 

Travelling thro' this v/ilderness. 

2 

Thanks we give, and adoration, 
For the gospeFs joyful sound ; 
May the fruits of thj^ salvation 
In our hearts and lives abound.: 
May thy presence 
With us evermore be found ! 

3 

So, whene'er the signal's given, 
Us from earth to call away ; 
Borne on angel's wings to heaven, 
Glad the summons to obey, 
May we ever, ^ 

Seign with Christ in endless day ! 



DOXOLOGIES. 
688 U M. Kenn. 

Praise to the Triune God. 

PRAISE God, from v/hom all blessings flow j 
Praise him, all creatures here below j 
Praise him above, ye heav'nly host ; 
Fxai^e Father^ Son^ yjid Hoi/ Ghojst, 




DOXOLOGIES. 689— <5*>Jt 



6'^.9 L. M. iforrinsion, 

REAT, everlasting God, to thee, 



In essence One, in p»^rsons Three, 
May all thy works their tnhates bring, 
And ev'ry age thy glory sing, 

690 L. M. DixoJVs Psalmodf . 

HOLY, holy, holy, Lord God, 
All things declare thy Majesty ; 
Angels and men, aloud do cry, 
Glory to thee, O Lord, most high. 



691 (1st Part.) L. M. Ano?i. 



PRAISE God, the Father, and the Sod, 
And God the Spirit, Three in One 5 
Ye hosts above, his praise proclaim. 
And ev'ry creature say, Amen. 

. 691 (2nd Pt.) L M. 

^ ^ne God in Three Persons, 1 John, v. f ^ 

ADORE the Father, and the Son, 
And God the Spirit, all divine : 
AVho are distinct, and yet but One, 
And only One, in their design. 



In his own Son, the father shone 
In rays of majesty and light ; 
In HIM, the l3eity came dovvn, 
Man with the god-head to unite, 



Almiglity Spirit, glorious God, 
To thee our humble notes we raise ; 
Thy quick *ning grace we'll sound abroad, 
While we have breath thv name to praise, 
4 

Thus we'll adore the sacred three, 
From whence our whole salvation caniej 




2 



3 



692—695 DOXOLOGIES. 



.And still thro' vast eternity, 
Thy endless grandeur loud proclaim. 

693 C. M". 

TO God the Father, God the Son, 
( Youv grateful voices raise ;) 
And God the Spirit, Three in One, 
Give an immortal praise. 

693 C. M. HochoiiH Col^ 

To Father, Son, and Holy Ghost, 
One God, whom we adore, 
Be everlasting honours paid, 
Henceforth, for evermore. 

694 (1st Pt ) C. M. Maxwell. 

ALL glory to th' Eternal Three, 
. And undivided One; 
To Father, Son, and Spirit, be 
Co-equal honours done. 

694 (2d Pt.) C. i>L 

HAIL holy, holy, holy, Lord ! 
Be endless praise to thee ; 
Supreme, essential. One ador'd. 
In co-eternal Three ! 

695 S. M. Hoskins, 

WE bless the Father's name, 
Who chose us in his love ; 
To God the Son, we give the same, 
Our advocate above. 

2 

The Spirit, too we bless, 
And raise his honours high ; 
Wlio conquers by his Sovereign grace^ 
And brings us strangers nigh. 



DOXOLOGIES. 696—: 



696 S, M- MaxtvelL 

TO the Eternal three. 
In will and essence One ; 
To Father, Son, and Spirit be, 
Co-equal honours done. 

697 7s. Mead^s Col. 

SING we to our God above, 
Praise eternal as liis love ; 
Praise him, all ye heavenly host, 
Father, Son, and Holy Ghost. 

698 8, 6. 8.^ Lee. 

TO God, who chose us in his Son, 
Ere time its course began ; — 
To Christ who left his radiant throne^ 
And dy'd for wretched man : — 
To God the Spirit, who applies 
The Lamb's atoning sacrifice. — 
2 

To the eternal, equal Three, 

The undivided One, 

Let saints and angels both agree 

To give the praise alone : — 

On earth, in heav'n, by all ador'd, 

The HOLY, HOLY, HOLY Lord. 

699 148th. Hrnvker^s Col 

r|l O God the Fatiier's throne, 
A Your highest honours raise 

Glory to God the Son — 

To God the Spirit praise : — 
AVith all our powers, eternal King, 
Thy name we sing, while faith aclores; 

700 8. 8. (5. Hart. 

YE saints of God, your voices raise, 
And Jbing th* eternal i'uther's praise^ 



701,1—5 DOXOLOGIES.— CHORUSSE& 



And glorify the Son ; 
Give glory to the holy Ghdst, 
And join with all th' angelic host, 

To bles3 the great Three-One. 

701 10s, Brown. 

rj|"^0 Father, Son, and Spirit, ever blest, 

.Cv Eternal praise and worship be addrest^ 
From age to age, ye saints his naiifie ^dore, 
And spread his fame, till time shall be np more^ 



CHQUUSSE8, 

Bt/ adding one of these Chorussesto each Ferjl 
of an Hymn, it will change it tQ ;|^| 
another Metre. 

1 L. M. Fawcett. 1 

BEAT God, thy waiting servants bless(j 
And crown thy Gospel with success, 

2 L. M. Swain. 

YE saints, proclaim in joyful strains, 
Jesus, the king of glory reigns. 

3 \u M. ISwain. 

SHOUT^ for the Lord, the Saviour, com^^ 
Let all the nations make him room, 

4 L. M, Swain. 

PRAISE ye the Lord, the Saviour praise, 
Hosanna to the God of grace, 

5 M, Wesley, 

TW IMMORTAL God, for me liaiii dy'd,. 
My Lord; my love, was QrucilY^4» 




CHORtJSSES. 



^31 



6 L. M. Swain. 

TO him that lives^ but once was slahi^ 
Be honoufj |)OwV/artd praise^ Kmexii 

y L. M. Man. 

LET sects and names and parties fall^ 
And Jesus Christ be All in AIL 

8 L. M. Whitfield^ s Col. 

P RAISE ye the Lord, hallelujah^ 
Praise ye the Lord, hallelujah^ 
■Hallelujah, hallelujah,^ 
tlallelujah, praise ye the Lord. 

9 (First Part) C. M. 

TO Christ, the Lord, let ev'ry tongue 
A grateful off 'ring bring : 
When he's the subject of the song, 
Who can refuse to sing ? 

9 (2d. Pt) C. M. Hopkins, 

ERCY, good Lord, mercy I ask, 
JLt -1 This is the total sum 5 
Mercy, thro' Christ, is all my suit 5 
Lord let tKy mercy come. 

10 a ivt. 

OPR ATSE the Lord, ye saint% 
And hymns of glory sing : 
He will redress your long complaints. 
And swill delivVance bring. 

11 S. M. FawcetU 

O 'TIS a sweet employ, 
To join in worship here; 
I But when in heav'n, how great the jojy 
To see each other there ! 



12—15 CHORUSSES,— HEAVEN. 



12 7s. Barnard'' s So?igs. 

SAINTS, with jo}^, lift up your eyes, 
See, yoLir Saviour mounts the skies ^ 
Stop, ye seraphs, drop the wing. 
Lend your harps, and help to sing. 

13 7s. Sa?idilan(Ps Col 

LORY be to God, above j hal. 
Praise him for his boundless love 5 hal. 
Who on high his Son has rais'd, hal. 
Let his name be ever praised, hal. 

14 8. 7. ^ Medley. 

GLORY, honour^ praise and pow'r, 
To the Lamb be ever paid ; 
Let new blessings ev'ry hour 
Rest on his adored head. 

15 8. 4.7- Sif juond^s Col 

GLORY, honour, praise, a^nd power, 
Be unto the Lamb for ever 5 
Jesus Christ is our Redeemer, 
Hallelujah, 

Hallelujah, praise the Lord. 



L. M. Erskine. 

The Work and Contention of Heaven^ 
M"N heave^nly choirs a question rose, 
i That stir'd up strife will never close 5 
What rank of all the ransom'd race 
Owes hfghest praise to sovereign grace ? 
2 

Babes thither caught from womb and breast; 
Claim'd right to sing above the rest : 




HEAVEN. 



Because they found the happy shore 
Thev never saw nor sought before. 

3 

Those that arriv'd at riper age, 
Before they left the dusky stage. 
Thought grace deservM yet higher praisey 
That washM the blots of numerous days* 
4 

Anon the war more close began, 
What praising harp should lead the van ^ 
And which of grace's heavenly peers, 
Was deepest run in her arrears. 

5 

'Tis I,'' — said one, — " 'bove all my race, 
*^ Am debtor chief to glorious grace 
No/' — said another^ — " Hark, I trow, 
I'm more obligM to grace than you.'' 
6 

^* Stay," — said a third, — 1 deepest share 
In owing praise beyond compare j 
The chief of sinners you'll allow. 
Must be the chief of singers now.'^ 
7 

Hold," — said a fourth, — ^^I here protest, 
My praises must outvie the best 5 
" For I'm of all the human race 
The highest miracle of grace." 

8 

Stop," — said a fifth, — "these notes forbear, 
Lo ! I'm the greatest wonder here 5 
For I, of all the race that fell 
Deserved the lowest place in hell." 

9 ^ 

A soul, that higher yet aspir'd, 
With equal love to Jesus fir'd, 

'I'is mine to sing the highest notes, 
" To love, that wash'd the foulest blots/^ 



HEAVEN. 



-1 



Hb!'' — cry'd a raatej^^* 'tis nline I'll prove! 
Who siniiM in spite of life and love, 
*^ To sound his praise with loudest bell, 
That sav'd me from the lowest hell.'' 

a 

Come, come/'— said onCj— *^lHl hold thy pi 
^' That. highest praise is due by me ; 
For mine, of all the sav 'd by grace, 
Was the most dreadful, desperate case.^^ 
12 

Another rising at his side, 
As fond to praise, and free ofprid^. 
Cry'd, — pray give place, for I defy 
That you should owe more praise than I : 
13 

" I'll yield to none in this debate ; 

" Fm run so deep in grace's debt 5 
That sure I am, I boldly can 
Compare with all the heav'nly clan.'? 
14 

Quick o'er their head, a trump awoke, 
" Your songs my very heart have spoke | 

But ev'ry note you here propale, 
^' Belongs to me beyond you all." 

15 

The list'ning miliions round about 
With sweet resentment loudly shout r 
^' What voice is this, comparing notes, 
That to their song chief place allots ? 
16 

" We can't nlfow of such a sound, 
^' That you alone have highest ground 
" To sing the royalties of grace ; 
We claim the same adoring place*^ 
17 

What ! will no rival-singer yield 
IJ^ has a match upon the field f 



flEAVEN, 



Come then, and let us all agree, 
^' to praise upon the highest key.'' 
18 

Then jointly all the harpers round 
In mind unite with solemn sound, 
And strokes upon the highest stringy 
Made ail the heavViiy arches ring : 
19 

Ring loud with hallelujahs high, 
To him that sent his Son to die. 
And to the worthy Lamb of God, 
That lov^d and washM them in his blood. 
20 

Free-grace, was sovereign empress crown'd 
In pomp, with joyous shouts around : 
Assisting angels clapp'd their wings. 
And shouted grace on all their strings. 

21 

The emulation round the throne 
-Made prostrate hosts, (who ev'ry one 
The humblest place their right avow:) 
Strive who shall give the lowest bow. 

22 

The next contention witliout vice 
Among the birds of paradise, 
Made ev'ry glorious warbling throat 
Strive who should raise liio highest note* 

Thus in sweet, holy, hiurible strife, 
Along their endless, joviul life, 
Of Jesus, all the harpei s rove, 
And sing the wonders ot his love. 

24 

Their discord makes them all unite 
In raptures most divinely sweet ; 
So great the song, so grave tlie bas^j- 
Melodious music nils the place. 

■iu E 



A TRANSLATION 



OF FRANCIS XAVIERS LATIN HYMN 
O Deus ! ego amo te. 8fc. 

MY God ! thoa hast my purest love^ 
Tho' not from fear of Hell 5 
Nor for the hopes of bliss above 
Wheie haters cannot dwell. 

2 

Tor me^ my Jesus ! thou didst groan^ 
While scoffs, and nails and spear 
And comitless pangs ; Jehovah's frow^ 
Brought darkness and d*^spair. 

3 

For me, a rebel to my God, 
Thy bloody sweat did roll. 
And anguish, like a swelling flood^ 
O'erwhelm'd thy patient soul. 

4 

"For me didst thou resign thy breatfe^ 
And when upon the cross, 
Embraced me, rescu'd by thy death 
from an eternal loss. 

5 

And can such sufferings fail to mote 
iVly dearest Lord ! my heart ? 
Shall not my bosom flame with loye 
To thee^ for what thou art ? 

6 

Such as then was thy love to me 
VVlien CaWry saw tiiee die ; 
Such is, and shall he mine to thee 
^>y King ! my God most High i 



A. 

Hymn and Page, 
A^RON. his Rod 
bloomed blossoms 

:2d part l65 

His sacrifice typi- 
cal of Christ's 

Death 124 

Abraham'^s God "-236 
Intercession forSo- 

donij Istpart — 451 
Prayer for 1 slimaei465 
Acceptance thro' 
Christ alone 21^174 
176 

Access to God b}^ 

Christ 124^651 

Accursed Tree 36 

Activity in Reli- 
gion--- 305,373,469 
Adamh Fall and Re- 
covery, 49, 2d pt.296 
Admiration and joy 

374,474,650 
OftheLoveofGod 

16,234, 635 
Admission into 
church fellow- 
ship, third part, 
413, 414,552, 553 
Adojjtion 1 60; 161,272, 
27r;6l6 



Hymn and Page^ 
Affliction^ 1 have 
chosen thee in the 
Furnace of, 3d ptl65 
Pleading with God 

under it 162, l63 

Sanctified 278, 603, 
625, 627 
Sweet 164—166, 25/ 
Agonies of C hrist in 
the Garden 307, 366 

Agur^s Prayer 167 

Alai-m of Fire 304 

All in all, Christ the 
Believer-s 55-57,86 
1 J 6, 656 
Amen- -311^ 333, 387 
435 

Anathema, maran- 

atha ] 68 

Anchor of Hope - - 34G 
Angels, appearing 
to the Shepherds 28-30 
Fallen, passed by 31 

Jesus seen of 130 

Joy in Sinners' 
Conversion, 284 1st 

part, 637 

Ministering to 
Christ & Saints 169 

Anger 170 

Aniiiiul JVieeiing - 431 
66a 



INDEX. 



Hymn and -Page. 
;^/?i/»cb list's Fall 

predicted 425 

j4])ostary 400 

Deprecated 563.564 
^/-Z.-, Noah's 171,^17:2 
Arm of the Loixl, 

made bare 385^ 665 
Armour^ spiritual 644 
Ascension of Christ 50- 
53 

AsJc, what shall I 

give thee - - 23, 531 
Associaiionsr:ftMin 
isters & Church- 
es 3, 208—216, 
415,437, 555 615 
Assiirancel 73 ,2 33,650 
Atonement of Christ 
174—177,219,524 
633 

Attributes oi God 1-26 

Autumn - -^ * 584 

Awakened Sinner's 

Prayer 230, 231 

B. 

iBABYLON's Fall 

predicted 178, 429 
Backslider^ his fall 
and Recovery, 1st 
part, - 179,278 
Invited to return, 67, 
2d part,'359 
Backslider's Pray- 
er 590 
Heturnjlst part, 179 
637 



Hi/mn and Page 
Backslidings and 
Returns, 2d pait,471 
487.488 
Breaded - - 563, 564 
Balaanrs Wish, 2d 

part, 179 
BaptisMi, Eunucli's 1 89 
Infant-- - 180—187 
Missionaries to the 

Heathens 188 
BaiTen Church la- 
mented, 1st pt. 209 

Fig Tree ^ 622 

Bartimeus's Prayer 

118 190, 2d pt. 355 
Believing in Christ 364 
The Comfons of 

it 1st part 296 
In God - - - 294, 473 
Beggars Prayer 191 
Benefits by Christ's 

Death 45^ 47, 59f 
Best Means of revi- 
ving decayed Re- 

hgion 460 
Things 1st part 617 
BetJief- " ^ " 511 
Bethesda's Fool 76, 

ns, 192, 19a 

Bible, indited by 
God the Spirit 194 
Search the Scrip- 
tures, 2d pai't 195 
Its excellency, 1st 

part ^95, 539 
Precious ----- 196 
Birtk'dat/ Hymn 27^ 



index; 



Hvmn and Paffe, 
of ClK^st 28-5:3.570 
.Blessing r-qii^s?ed 
on the Word. 2d 
part 505, 512, 513, 
515 

And Presence of 
God deslredj 2d 
part, 413,416,507 
Blind Man's Prayer 

118,190 
Once, but now I 

spe 197 
Blood of Christ, its 
Virtue, 76, 124, 
219, 364, 463, 

633,651 
Of sprinkling - - 114 
Bodies of the Saints, 
the Care of God 
- 294, 302, 493, 499 
Temples of tlie 
Holy Ghost 156, 

2d part, 6l7 
Boldness^ holy at 
the Throne of 
Grace 123, 484 
Book of Lik 321,532 
Books opened - ^ - 376 
Bo7m again^ ye must 

be--.r----- 198 
Brand plucked out 

of the Fire 199 
Brazen SerjjC7it - - 59 
Bread daily. Prayer 

for 200, 475 
^r^etliren^ Love to 

tbtm 401; 675 



Hymn and Fagfi>, 
Building on the 

Roek 63, 65, 74 
Burden of Sin 23, 

201, 202, 626 

C. 

CALLING So Glo- 
ri flection ^-,34^ 56^^ 
Eireetual20S.225 

228,274 
To the Ministry 

457, 458 
Ca/?;ar^ 36-45, 560 

562 

Canaan^ heavenly 

121,236 
View ofit 248, 338 

635 

Way to it 150 

Canaanites still in 

the Land 598 
Captives, Liberty 
proclaimed 145, 

524, 551 
Cast down, but not 

destroj^ed 205 
Yet hoping 204, 206 

26^^ 

Causes too hard, 

bro'lto the Lord 202' 
Ceremonial Law 

124, 632 
Charity 217, 218, 

395: 396 
Sd^ools 353,608-614 
Children^ hvoufiht 

to Hm^ l§i 



INDEX 



TTymn and Page, 
Given to God in 

Baptism 180—187 
God'< Heritage G09 
Included in the 

Covf^nant 490 
Of God described l6i 
Christy Aaron 124 
Adam the second 

49, 2d pt. 29^ 426 
Advocate 21^ 54^ 92- 
94 

Christy All in All, 

55—57, 104 
Ambassador of 

Peace 110 
Angelj of the Cov- 
enant 110 

Ark 171,1721 

Bal nofGilead58,ll7 
Banner 4th part, 644^ 
Body of the Church 83 
Branch 335, 570 
Brazen Serpent - - 59 

Bread of Life 60 

Breaker 6l 

Bridegroom 62 

Brightness of the 

Fatiier's Glory 34 
Brother 55, ll6, 528 
Builder of the 

Church 63, 615 
Burden of the song 

100, 108, 390 
Capt iin of Salva- 
tion 535 
Chief among Ten 

Thousand §70 



Hymn and Page. 

Comforter 64 

Conqueror 51, 140y 
628 

Consolation of Is- 
rael 177 
Corner stone - - - 65 
Counsellor, 3d pt. 

28, 116 
Creator and Sa- 
viour 89, 207, 502 
Covtmed Lord of 

All 66-68, 674 
Deity of--3d part, 28,, 
570 

Deliverer, 2d part, 68 
408 

Desire of all Na- 
tions 72 
Dew ofSion 2d pt. 69 
Divinity of 104, 570, 
628 

Door of the Sheep- 
fold 70, 71 
Eternal Life - - - - 87 
Example - - 170, 404 
Excellency of 72, 286 
Father 3d pt. 28, ll6 

Forerunner 73 

Foundation - - 65, 74 
Fountain opened 7^?T^ 

Friend 77-79 

Fulness of - 133, 306 

Gift of God 80 

Glory of the 

Church 63 
God-headof 74, 175, 
377 



INDEX. 



Hymn and Page, 
Christ God-man - 13f , 

234 

Governor 3d pt. 28 

Guest 81, 326 

Guide 82 

Head of the 

Church S3, 511 

Healer 84 

Hiding Place 85 

Him 86, 87 

Husband 62 

Immanuel--- 88,90 
Immutable - - - — 91 
Intercessor 92—94, 
1st part, 471 
Jesus 48, 97? 98, 308, 
309 369, 370 
King 66, 99,100, 109, 
311 

Lamb of God 101, 
1st pt. 102, 390, 676 
677 

Leader, 2d part, 102, 
1st part, 644 
Life of the Soul 103 

Liorfit 104, 146 

Living Stone 105 

Lord of All 66—68, 
6^ 5 

Love of 27j 405 

Loving Kindness 

of 106 

]\Ian 107? 207 

Manna - - 558 

Master 511,553 

Mediator 67, 562 



Hi/7nn and Pcig^^ 
Christ Melchisedec 

108, 109 
Messenger of the 

Covenant 110 
Messiah 111,591 
Mighty God, 3d 

part, 28^ 628 
Mission of 27 2nd 

part, 3S 
Morning Star - - 112 
Needful, one Thing 

113 

Offspring of Da- 
vid 137 
Omnipresence of 

1st part 416 
Passover our 1 1 1, 558 
632,' 63§ 

Peace our 107 

Pearl of great 

Price 115, II6 
Perfection of, 2nd 

part 28, 34, 104 
Physician, of the 

Soul 58,117 
Of the Body and 
Soul, 2d pt. 84,118 
—120 

Pilot- 121, 122, 602 
Plant of renov/n, 

1st part, 84 
Portion a 55, 144, 207 
Priest, great high 

123,176 
Priesthood of - - 124 



INDEX. 



Hymn and Page, 
Cfmst^ Prince and 
Saviour^Sd 131.28,40 
53 

Prophet, Priest & 

King 322, 492 
Propitiator 174—176 

Hansom 125 

J^ecord 126 

Redeemer 121 131 
;Refuge 132, 1^4, 

Sd part, 462 

Riches of 133 

RighteoHsness, 

Lord our 134 
Rock --74, 135,136 
Root of David -- 137 
Rose of Sharon 138 

Sacrifice, our 1 24, 468 
558, 560, 632 

Samson - -• 140 

Saviour 141, 570, 571 , 

683 

Shepherd 70, 142,— 
144, 253, 589 
Shiloh ------- -591 

Son of God - 38, 227 
Star of Bethlehem, 

2d part,J44 
Strong Hold ---145 
Sun of Righteous- 
ness 104, 146 

Teacher 513 

Transfiguration of 35 
Treasure, a 86, 147, 
505 

tree of Life--- 153 



Hymn andPagek 

Truth 15^ 

Types of 126, 632, 
633 

L^nchangeable 148, 
603, 682 

Vine 149 

Way 71,150—152 
Wisdom -- 153, 154 
Witness r - - - - , 126 

Wonderful (Coun- 
sellor, Sd part, 28 
Word - - ----- - 542 

What think ye of 

Christ 207 
Churoh^ afflicted 208 
Barren 1st part, 209 
Christ's presence 

desired, 1st pt. 
Coming up from 
the Wilderness 215 
Complete^ e - 535 

Described 210 

Formed 417^418,507 
Church, going to 669 
In alow Condition 

1st part 2l6 
Increase prayed 
for 213—216, 425 
—437, 665, 668 
Praise for its In- 
crease 315, 387? 

Sd part 432^ 
Lamenting after 

the Lord 209,. 391 
Latter-day Glory, 

310; 315, 431 



INDEX. 



Hymn and Page. 
GJiurchj Meetings 

413-418,501, 636 
On Earth and Hea- 
ven one 211 
Collections 217 y 218, 
395, 390 
Comm.vnion with 
Chri t 144^285; 416 
553 

With God 368, 4oi, 
511 

With Saints 402, 4J3 
—415 

Desired 471,587, 641 
Canqjlaint of Hard- 
ness of Heart 328, 
3z[) 

Of Inability to do 

good 352 
Of Inconstancy 327, 
351 

Of indwelling Sin 

219— 222, 598 

Of Ministers 518 

Of Stupidity in 

Hearing 267 
Of unfruitfulness 576, 
587, 622 
Co7nj?lete Atone- 
ment 176 
' In Christ 272, 306, 
562, 597 
Condemnation^ none 

in Believers 631 
Conduct, holy, en- 
forced 17O; 422 



Hymn and Pag^l 
Confidence in God 288 
289 

Of Heaven 244, 248, 
257, 650 
Conflict -.219—222 
Conscience^ to be 

heard n83 
Contentment 532, 605, 
657 

Contrition of Heart 

2d part, 331, 637 
Conversation, spir- 
itual 170, 415 
Conversion, a di- 
vine Work, 166, 224 
225, 229, 231 
Of a Sinner 5 or 
Joy in Heaven 284, 
589, 637 

Of Saul 223 

Of the Jailor--- 226 
Conversion of the 

'Ihief 227, 411 
OfZaccheus 9.28, €64 
Praise r God for it 

2d |..^it,228, 229 
True Conve rt -- 230 
Conviction for Sin 

511 

Convinced Sinner 
encouraged 344, 345 

Coronation of 

Christ-- - ---- 66 

Courage - - 305 

Covenant God232-236 
565 

Ee2 



INDEX. 



Hymn and Page 
Children included 

in the 184, 490 

Everlasting 235 

Immutable 2d pt. 232 
Of W^orks renoun- 
ced, 394, 651 
Rainbow of the 171, 
1st part, 232 
Stability of the 3d 

part 232, 233 
Unchangeable --25 
Creation 237 j 238, 

1st part 607 
And Providence 497 
. Of Man- --237, 238 
Cross of Christ 45, 560 
—562 

Taken up - 9S, 588 
Crosses, Prayer an- 
swered by them 624 
Welcomed - - * ^ 625 
Crown of Glory 131, 
182, 241,290, 644, 
675 

Cr oicns oi Glovy ^ 2 J6 
291j 393, 525 

1). 

.DARKNESS dissi- 
pated, 3d part, 238 

Jlope m 342 

Walking in - - - 267 
Deacons chosen, 2d 

part 209 
Death, and Eterni- 
ty 593 

AXid Judgment 252 
Of a Brother 255 



Hymn and Page* 
Death of a Friend 647 
Of a Minister - - 250 
Of a Child 240 — 243 
Of Christ 36-45, 560 
—562 

Of a Saint 247—249, 
3d part, 252, 253 
Of a Youth 244, 66I 
Of a Sister--- - 256 
Preparation for it 

desired 4//^ 
Uncertain 239, 2l^^ 
4th part 252" 
Bymns to be sung 
at the Grave 255,256 
258 

Victory over 251, 259 
Decrees of God - - 260 
261 

Dejected, yet ho^ 

ping 204-206, 262 
Delight in God 2d 

part 262 
In Worship 503, 669 
Deliverances 263, 453 
Desjjair, Hope in 347, 
348 

Prevented 265 

Sinful 123,264 

Devils^ cannot love 266 

Dijicidties, brought 

to the Eord 202 
Prayer in - 489, 491 
Surmounted - -- 373 

Dismission Hymns 

82,671—687 

Dives and Lazarus 340 



iND 

JJifmn and Page. 
Divided Heart la- 
[ men ted 222 

( Doi/6^m^^Chrjstian267 
! Doi hts and Fears 
suppressed, 2d 
part, l65j 3d pt.238 
.288 

Bry weather, Pray- 
er for 5 80 

Praise for 581 

Duties, and Privi- 
leges 6lG 

E. 

ejirly piety 

353, 6] 2 
Rising, its Pleas- 
ure 43 8 
Rising Sabbath 
Mornings 543, 547, 
548 

Ear My Things^ 
their Vanity 652-657 

Earthquake 268 

Ebe7iezer 204 ^2(^-271 
344, 630 
Education of 

Youth 608— 6] 4 
Efeciual Calling 203 
Election 234, 272, 276 
Consequences of it233 
"2d part, 469 
Known l)y calling 569 
Election, f/odly Con- 
sideration of it 
comfort, bK; 275,277 



Hymn and Page^ 
Electing Grace - - 27-f 
Elijah led by Ra- 
vens 493 
Encouragement to 

Prayer 47?* 
To spread the 
Gospel 214,312,425, 
—43-/ 
To the Weak in 

Faith 301, 347 
To Youth to seek 

Christ 660' 
Enemte&^ Love to 

them 404 
Ejj^raifii^s Repen- 
tance 27B 
E^chols Grapes 248 
Eternal Life 87, 279- 
E^mzf^?/ joyful and 
tremendous 280, 28 1 

Time and 620 

Evening Hymns 282^ 
—285^ 

Everlasting Love iG, 
173 2d part 537 
Exaltation of Christ53, 
91, 1313 
Example of ancient 

Saints 290,291 
Of Christ- - 170, 404 
Exhortation to 

Saints 291, 42-^ 
To Sinners 360, 400, 
517,599,601 
Eidychiis brcua'it 

to Lne 284 



INDEX. 



tJymn and Page 

F. 

PAGE of God 

sought, 309, 463 
WaitTij conquering, 

1st part 296 

Fainting 347 

In God-- - 288, 289 
Its Author, and 

precious 295 

Its Purity 266 

Justification by 384 

Of Devils 266 

Of the Ancients 290 
291 

?ower of -- 136, 292 
Reviewing 174 — 176 

Strong 287,293 

Struggling with 

Unbehef 301 
S^aith, A^ictorious 233,. 
294, 1st part 296 
Weakness of it 346 
f^all of Man lamen- 
ted 219—222 
And Recovery 85, 

2d pt, 296, 354, 590 
Of Babylon pre- 
dicted, 178, 429 
family VV^orship 300. 

478 

Famine 288,289 
Fareicell" 246, 671 
Fast-day Hymns 450, 
451 

Fatlierless & Wid- 
ows helped 217? 2d 
part 607 



Hymn and Page, 

Fear of God 415 

Of Death removed 54 
I will trust 030, 631 

Not 302 

Fears dissipated 301, 
303 

Feast, the Gospel 2l2 
Room at it 358, 359 
Felix trembling 5 1 4 
Fellowship of the 
Saints 401, 402.675 
Whh God . . 544^ 652 
Fighting and reign* 

ing 644 

Fig-tree . . 380, 622 
Fzre, Alarm of. .304 
Flesh and Spirit . .219 
Filthy Garments 199 
Following Christ . . 96 
The Saints 3 73, 538 
Fool^ the rich, sur- 
prised 653 
Forgiveness 420, 462, 
—464, 633 
God ready to for' 

give 264 
Foiins vain without 

Religion 377 
Fortitude 305,-^:9,588 
Friends meetmgj&c 

415,41 67i-687 
Funeral See Death. 
Futurity committed 
to God 271. 499^500 

G. 

GJLEp a propitious 



tNDEX. 



tJymn and Page. 
one lon^red for 155^157 
Garments of Christ 119 
Gazing on the CrossSG, 

—40, 45, 560, 561 
General Meetings 213, 

215, 433,437, 615 
Getliseniane 307? 306 
Glimpse of Jesus 308, 
309 

God., All in All . . 533, 
617 

Almighty 1 

Attributes of 1 — 26 
Being of ...... . 2 

Condescension of 3 
Creator 237, 238 502 
1 st part, 607 
Decrees of . . 60, 26 1 
Dominion of . . . . 4 

Eternal ..... 5? 31 1 

Exaltation of . . . 6 
Faithful 7? 343, 344, 
473 

Father 160, 345, 475 

Guide 8'Jj 513 

Goodness of ... . 9 
Greatness of , . 10 

Helper 513 

Holiness of . . . 1 I , 
Jehovah nissi, 4th 

part 644 
Immutable , . I 3, 273 
Incomprehensible 14 

Infinite 31 1 

Invisible ... 24, 31 1 

Justice of 11 

, Knowledge of . . 26 



Hi/mn and Page 
Long Suffering of 600 
Love of. ... . i 16 
Loving Kindness 

of -06 

Majesty of . » 10, 17 



Mercy of ll, 18—20 
419 

Omnipotent 1 

Omnipresent .... 22 

Omniscient 21 

Ours 303 



Forever andever68 1 

Patience of 600 

Perfections of 1 — 26 
104 

Precious 8 

Power of 4, 23 

Reasoning with 

Men 264, 365, 463 
Refuge .... 235, 527 
Resteth in his 

Love, 2d part 409 
Sovereign . 260, 261 



Sun 342 

Spirit 24 

Strength of 23 

Truth 7, 19 



Unchangeable 25,148 
2d part, 409, 68 1, 

682 

frof/, Wisdom of 26 
Godliness, impor- 
tant 529 
Its Fruits 290, 291 
294 

Good Samaritan, 

2d part, 607 



INDEX, 



Hymn and Page 
Gospel, Excellen- 

cv of it, 404., 632 
Feast\ . 212,35H,359 
Freeness of it, 1st 

part S17, a5W366' 
Go, preach my 

312, S 13, 461 
Harvest . . , . SI 0,428 
Joyful sound 314,357 
Jubilee 145, 5 r:4. 551 
Light of it 3 1 65 2d 

part, 432 
Message of the , . 517 

^et 3 . . 504 

Spread of it desi- 
red. See Church 
(jracej adopting, 

160, 161,272,277 
Buds of. .384, 403 
Distinguishing 

234, 323 
Efficacious 223^231 

Electing 276 

Free318,32 1,324 474 
Growing in ... . 157 
Increased by Tri- 
als 165,624 
Inexhaustible . . . 320 
Miracle of. . 224,322 
Sovereign 411, 

444, ^iM 

Sufficient 319 

Gratitude 18, 234 

269— ?71,4]9, 497 
To Jesus 322,474,683 
Grave 245^ 252, 



H 

Hymn and Page 
HABlfylTION. 

seeking one 297 
Going to a new 293 
Settling in one . . 299 
Worshiping in it 300 
Hand of Qod 241,303 
Hannah^ s Fraj^er 484 
Happiness attend- 
ing Divine- Wis- 
dom 153, la4 
In God, «d part, 

326, 544, 545 
Of being in Christ 

397, 398 
Of being with 
Christ 249, 254, 

258, 333, 336 
Happy Man 153, 154 
Hardness of Heart 
lamented 327— 

329, 409 
Harmony of the Di-r 

vine perfections 1 1,19 
Hoj^vest gospel3 1 5,428 
Suninjer . . 580—583 
Heart, contrite, 2d 

part 331, 637 
Divided lamented 22{3 
Evil ...... 224, 332 

Hard, lamented 

328, 329, 409 
My Son give me 

thy 331 
Surrendered to 



tJymn and Puge 
Heart Taken . . . 330 
Heaven anticipated 

2d part 236 
A Kingdom .... 472 
besiriiig an inter- 
est in ii 4t2 
Embarklnor for 

121,122 
Employ of . . 33o,334 
Happiness of it 

249 474 
Hope of it . . 248, 650 
Longing for it 247, 

248, 335. 336 
Pron^Jsed Land 
337, 1st part, 338 
View of it, 2d part. 

338, 339, 635 
Heirs of God loQ^ 

161, 277 
Hell everlasting 

Misery 341 
And Heaven .... 340 
Praise for being 

out of it 600 
Helpless Sinner . . 554 
Help obtained 269,270 
Hidden Life of a 

Christian 397 
Holiness desired, 

531,674 
Elected to it 273, 274 
Hope encouraged 

344, 346 
Good, thro' grace 345 
In Christ 343, 



Hymn and Page 
Hope in Despair 347 
I In Darkness 342, 3-±8 
I Kejoicing in ... . 528 
j Who can tell . .\ 348 
House of God ... 511 
Delight in 503, 

505, 669 
Humble^ pleading 

for !Mercy 420 
Sinner's Prayer, 
287, 2d part, 637 
Humble Soul bless- 
ed 34 >, 44^2 
Humility of Mind 

442, 46:3, 472 
i:Z7/?^ocn^e349,406;5ir 
I 

IDOL Worship stu- 
pid 24, 310 
Idols renounced, 
309j 426, 617, 

641, 665 
Ignorance lament- 
ed 197 
Illness, 163—166, 

592—594, 622 
immortality hxoh 
to light by the 
Gospel, 2d part 316 
Impatience repro^ 

ted 850 
Imploring the spir- 
it's return 156 
Inability to do good 

lameiited 353 



INDEX. 



Uymn and Page 
Incarnation of 

Christ 28, 570 
Inconstancy lamen- 
ted 307, 851 , 352 
Increase of Faith 
desired. See Faith'^d. 

Of Grace 674 

By Trials 624 

Indwelling Sin 219 

—222, 598 
Infant Aspirations 353 
Infants: given to 
God in Babtism 

180—187 
Included in the 

Covenant 490 
Influence of the 

Spirit. See Spirit. 
Inquiring for the 
^ood old Way 1 5 1 
Soul ... . . .226, 267 

The heav'nly road538 
Ingratitude to Christ 

detested 168 
Inspiration of the 

Scriptures 194 
Intercession ofChristt^3 
Prevalent 92, 94, 

1st part 471 
Interest in Christ 

desired iS 1,467 
In the Book of 

Life 321, 532 
Invitations, 317, 

354—366 
Gospel Feast '212. 

358; 359 



Hymn and Page 
Invitations to spread 
the gospel 312, 

313, 461 

J 

JABEZ's Prayer- 367 

Jacob's 368 

Ladder 389 

Portion is tlie Lord 

2d part, 472 
Jailor's conversion 226 
Jesus, See Christ. 
Seen of Angels. 130 
Weeping over Je- 
rusalem 648 
Jeios and Greeks one 

in Christ 421 
Prayer for - 371 , 372 
Joseph yet alive 48, 

1st part, 262 
Joshua''s resolution.300 
Journeyy Minister 

going a 424- 
To Heaven 373, 538 
Joy and rejoicing, 

3d part. 238, 528 
Of the Humble, 

472, 2d part, 66/ 
He hath done all 

Things well 374 
Juhilee 317,524,551 
Judgment daySTb-c 83 

Death and 252 

Coming of the 

Judge377,S80— 382 
Books opened - - 376 
Sentence;&c.380-382 



INDEX. 



Hymn and Page 
A Place at God's 
I right hand desir@d378 
' jMstification,^ 1 3 4, 
Istpt. 296j3-84,651 

K 

XEDAR's Tents 

248j 254 
Kingdom of Christ 

385—387 
Knoivledge and ha p- 

piness 153, 154 
Imperfect at pres- 
ent 495 
Of Christ eternal 

Life 87 
One Thing I know 197 

L 

lAMENTING af- 
ter the Lord, 201 ,391 
648 

Latter-dRy Glory 

3tO,315, 421 
LauncJiing into e- 

ternity 48, 122,338 
Jjaw^ and Gospel 

Love ta it 393 
Ceremonial Law, 

124, 632 
Dead ta the 394 
Honored by Christ 

394,521,522 
No Salvation by 
the, 1771st part, 

267j 651 
3 j n n e r fou n d wa n t- 

ing by it 392 



Hymn and Png^^^ 
Leading of the Spir- 
it 507f 

Leaning cm Christ 215 

Leper, crying 118 

Healed 76, 120 

Levitical Sacrifices 

124,632 
Liberty by Christ, 
part, S3, 145,, 
330^524451 j6 Id 
Life hid withChrist 397 
Light ^ God our — 342 
C h rist the true 1 04, 1 46 
Living to Christ - - 398 

Waters ---567 

Load of Sin 201, 

596,626 
Lmiging to he with 

Christ 89, 33^ 
Looking unto Jesus, 

150, 399,2d pt. 471 
Lord^s Day. See 

Ptesiirrection, 540 

Prayer 475 

§upper - - - 553— 562 
Loss of the Soul 

^53-— 655 
Losjt Sheep found 

487, 589 637 

Prayer for 59Q 

Lofs Wife 400 

Lovey brotherly 401 

402, 675 
Desiring to love 

Christ 407 — 409 
Mothers to their 

Children 410 
Of Christ 42, 403 J 405. 



INDEX* 



Hymn and Page 
Xtove of God ever- 
lasting, 229 — 
273,276^277, 2d 

pt. 409 

Love to all Saints 402 
To Jesus 98, 131 J 

168, 308,406,407 
To Enemies 404 

M 

M^I\W.4^--. 60,558 
Mansions^ heaV'nly 1 52 
Marriage Hymn 412 

To Chirst -» 62 

Mariner^s Psalm - 572 
The spiritual 121, 

122, 602 
Means of spreading 
the Gospel en- 
couraged 428 
Martyrdom 290, 

291,470 
Meditation on God's 

Love 164 
On Death and 

Judgment l65 
On the Gross of 

Christ 36, 45 
Meelc 170,442,472,552 
Meeting House, on 
laying the foun- 
dation Stone, 1st 

part 413 
One opened, 2d 
part 413,417,418 



liymn and Pagt 
Meeting and Part- 
ing of Friends 
671—61 
Admission of new 
Members, 3d p't. 

413, 5i 
For social worship 

414—416 
Mercies of God re- 
viewed 18,419 
Mercy implored 
3995420, 2d part 
462, 3d part 637 
Pleaded 446,4^^7,467 
Seat 204,368,482 

— 484,527 
Mesechh Tents - - 405 
Method oi salvationo 65 
MidnigM Cry 3795380 
Millennium - - 3 10,421 
Minister, and peo- 
ple God's care 302 
Going a Journey 424 

Seeking one 455 

One called to the 

Work 407 
Nothing without 

Christ 508 
Prayer for him - - 455 
Watching forsouls459 
Wish for his peo- 
ple 422 
Minister's Com- 
plaint 518 

Duty 460 

Farewel Charge 423 



tNDEX. 



?ji * Hymn and Page 
Ministry of Angels 
to Christ 130, l69 
j;;Miracles of Christ 

84, 118— 120 
Mission and Work 
of Christ, 27, 2d 

part 33 
)\i]Missio7iaries 21 3 y 
' 214, 425—437, 

I Mizpeh^s Plain 391 

I Moderation l67 

I 'Monthly Prayer 
f ] Meetings 208, 

. 310, 385,415 
' 'Morning hynins2 8 5 
I r; 438—441 
I Mortality of ?>lan 
I [ 4th pt. 252.619, 
1 .' 662,663 

Mourning for Sin 
! ' 442,649 
1 Murmuringb9,3bO,Sb2 
i I Deprecated 242, 

532,603 
' Mutability of the 
< Creation 13, 21 1 , 
\ ' 239fil9 

N 

NAy^MJN hed\ed 443 
[ Naomfs Compass- 
ion 444 
I National Deliver- 
I ances, 263, 453 

I Evils sent of God 498 

! 



Hymn and PagB 
Mercy pleaded, 

446,447 
Prayer and praise 

445—453 
Nativity of Christ 

28,570 
New JMeeting-house 

opened 417,418 
Year 269—271, 

622,658,659 
Notv is the accep- 
ted Time 356, 

360,583 

o 

OBEDIENCE,ser- 
vile and evangel- 
ical 226, 391 

Old Age 662,663 

One Thing needful 

113,454 
Ordination Hymns 

422,455—460 
Out door Worship 

4 1,511 
Orphans and Wid- 
ows pitied 2d pt.607 
P 

PARDON sanc- 
tiljcation, 3d pt. 462 

Desired 420 

God ready to for- 
give 264 
Spoken by Chtist 

141,364 



Hymn and Pag e\ 
Pardon of all I '.n \ 
1^8, 1st pnit 462! 
Pardoning God 2d 

part 4v)4 

Love 327 

Tarents^ Prayer for 
their C'hildren 465 
Rejoicing in tbeir- 

C Oil vers ion 284 
Past t^njoymenls 
prayed for 47S);587 
Mercies encoura- 
ging 301, 419 
Fmtmgk 671—687 
Patience desir€(i 466 
Of God admired 6l)0 

Peace of God 673 

With God --234,486 
Of the Globe 4355570 
National - - 445—452 
Spiritvial --- 6785674 
None to the ^ickr 

ed 567 
J^enitent, bis sighs 

46^^^5.472 
Seeking Christ --467 
Seeking Pardon 

463,468 

Sinner 487> 637 

Successful resolve 

1 St part 464 
Persecution^ 290, 

305,469,470 
Perse verance ] 7 J , 

l^^ part^ 471 



Hymn and Page 
Pt tcr's /Upeniance 

2d part 471 
Pharisee and Pub- 
lican t'd part 637 
PHgrim., Zion^566,66? 
Piaar of Fire and 

Cloud '^d part 216 
Pisgah^s Top, iMb^, 

2d part 338 
Pleading for inercy420 
Pleasures of Reli- 
gion 153, 5Sd 
Pool of Bethesda, 

; 6, [92, 193 
Poor in Spirit bless- 
ed 472 
Portion^ Christ a 

55,207 
God a 320^ 2d pt. 

472,53.3 
Poverty^ spiritual 472 
Praise to Christ 34, 

89,616,670 
To God 6,17,26, 

474, 570 
To the Spirit --^5?. 
To. the Triune God 
159,236,807,565 

Universal 238 

Prayer.^ dear Lord 

remember me t -480 
Answered 287^^ 

485, 527 

By Crosses 624 

Encouragement to 

476^4?a 



INDEX, 



Bymn and Page 
grayer for ><irj -:• ti- 
nea i^on 674 
1 For Backsliders 59u 
For Ministers ^^AZ^^bS 
\ Impertect, bui ac- 
cepted 54 

Lord's 475 

: i^Aeeiin.^s - - 4 1 3—4 1 6 

JMy God vviil hear 
f me 48 1 

Of a Backslider i7i:< 
Pray without ceas- 
: iiig 476 

Pre Valency of 2b 7 
I cioH, 483 

Wishing to he as 
! in Months past 

479^ 587 
\Frayers short ac- 
cepted 506 
\Precious Bible - - 196 

1 Blood 45 

Faith 295 

Jesus 97, 98, 308, 3u9 
Promises 23, 40 1,64:3 
i Salvation ------ .i:i4 

'Predestinations.' >0j'l6i 
Presence of God de- 
i sired^O^^p-j;V^v/i,407 
i Of Jesus desired, 

1 st part 69 
' The joy of his peo- 
ple 35,309 
\ Pride overconte 330 
1 . _ 331>,486 
Privih'fres of the 
Sons of God 161,516 



Hymn and Pagd 
Prodigal Son 487,483 
Pro7n ses of suffi- 
cient Grace 319 

Of Streiiglh 489 

Of the Divine 
presenceOv)3,':'^ ^9,6 17 
Fro^jkecy fnlfilied 

32, 111 
Gospel -^- -426,428 
Prosjjcrity of the 

Soul desired !66, 157 
Providence, berea- 
ving 242 

Dark ^- 494, 495 

Mysterious 493, 496 
Resignation io 

499,603—605 

I? e viewing 497 

1 he Lord will pro- 
vide 500 
Puhlican and Phar- 
isee, :cl part 637 
Public worship ^( ) i .686 
Pure 'm iiecxrt bless- 
ed 4, la 

Q 

QUESTION and 
Answer, a Dia- 
logue 333 

Resolved 336 

What think you of 

Christ 207 

R 

JJ^CE, the Chris- 

tiaH 51f> 



INDEX. 



Hymn and Page 
Rain^ Prayer for - - 5 » 8 

Praise for 579 

Rainbow, See Gov- 

enant 171, 232 

Ravens 4v^9 

Elijah fed by ---49^ 
Reading the Scrip- 
tures 2d pt. 195, 

514, 539 

Reason % U, 499 

An insufficient 

Guide 520 
Recollection, grate- 
ful 270, 623 
Reconciliation to 

God 234, 366, 394 
Redeeming \o\e^ 75,522 
{>. ^, >;d part, 5o>2 
Redemption, by 
Christ alone 27, 

317, 525,561 
Complete - - 562, 566 
Finished- --52 1,526 
Gratitude to God 

for it 474, 616 
Wonders of it, 129 

130, 369 
Regeneration 198. 

223, 2.-^4, o89, 637 
Rejoicing in God 474 

In Hope - 528 

In the Ways of 
God ] ' 9, Z(\ pt. 667 
Religion !5->^ 154, 4n0 

Inward "SO 

Rtmember Lot-s 

Wiie 400 



Hymn and Page j 

Me 4ll,4b0| 

All the Way 623 1 
Repentance, 179, ' 
-30,351,487,589 

Ephraim's 278 1 

Request, the 271, 

530.531 
Resignation. See 

Submission. 
Resolution. Joshu- 
a's 300 
The successful one 

1 st part 464 

Rest 325,549 

Resurrection of 

Christ 41.44,46— 51 
i A Pledge of ours 46 
' Of the Body 165, 

251,377, 383,533 
Retirement from 

the World 657 
Reviewing pRst mer- 
cies 301, 419 
Rich Fool surprised 653 
Man and Lazarus 340 
Riches, their Emp- 
tiness 652 656 
Of Christ durable 

1H3 621 
Righteous blessed J 61 
It shall be well 

with the 536 
Righteousness of 
Christ imputed 

23a, 5r>(,597 
Human, insuffi- 
cient it>4; 651 



INDEX. 



K Hymn and Page 
lising to God, 1st 

part, 537 
River ... 2d part, 537 
^^oad to Heaven 
^ and Hell 539 

i l^iderh Daughter 
1 raised to Life 485 

s 

UBBATH-Day 549 
|( Morning . . 540^ — 548 

I Evening 550 

Sabbatic Year . . . 551 
Sacrament of the 
Lord's Su]»per» 
538, 552—562, 628 
faints Conquer- 
ors, 29L644.645 
[Safety in a Storm, 

I2l 122,602 
' Safety in Christ 

563, 564 
Safety of Christ's 

little Flock 469 
Salvation approach* 

ing 257 346, 666 
I By the Trinity 

307, 565 
By Grace 234,274 

321,323,3 9 
Complete . . 562, 566 

Free 565, 569 

Of Sinners 318— 

3 ^4, 565—569 
Praise for, 2d pt. 

537, 568 
Precious 324 



Hymn and Page 
Salvation^ wells of 567 
Samaritan Society, 

2d part, o07 
Sanctification and 
Pardon: ;id pt. 462 
And Growth desi* 

red 120, 674 
Promoted by Af- 
fliction 165, 165 
Satan cannot love 266 

Repulsed 265 

Scape-goat. See 

Christ 128 
Scriptures 194 — 196 

Sea 122,572,602 

Seasons of the year 

573—586 
Secret Prayer 297, 478 
Sects of Religion a- 
bolished, 310, 

377,421 

Seed-Time 582 

Seeking Christ . , . 467 
Christ's Httle flockl44 
God . . 47«, 479, 587 

Pardon 463,468 

Self-Dedication . . 553 

Denial 588 

Examination 8, 1 1 ,97 
Refection 230, 

231, 280 
Righteousness re- 
nounced 651 
Seriousness prayed 

for 620 
Sermons. Hymns 
before 501;636— 640 



INDEX. 



Hf/mn and Page 
Btrmon^ Hymn af- 
ter 356,514 
Shamed of Jesus, 

Believers not 95, 93 
Slieep of Christ se- 
ctrre.91— 94,i42yl4-3 
Lost Sheep found, 

203,487,589,637 
Strayed prayed for590 
Sickness and death 593 
And recovery 594c622 
Prayer for a Sitk 

JMinister 592 
iSj,^j a Burden 201, 

202, 351 

Deceitful 595 

Hating 596 

Original 2d part, 296 
Indwelling 81,219 

--222, 598 
Sins drowned in the 
Sea of Christ's 
Blood 221, 522 
Lamented. . 219,352 
Pardoned 1 24.1 28,597 
Sinai & Calvary85,229 
Sincerity desired 

^ 327, 349 
dinner convinced, 

223—331,357 
Found wanting 392 
JRepenting, accep- 
ted 179, 487,488, 
637 

Sinners^ Expostula- 
tiouwith ^17:^^99^ 



Hymn and Pag^ 
Sion, its Stability 

and Glory 21 
Asking the way to 

it, 2d part^ 66f 
Glorious Things spo- 
ken of it, ^d pt. i^i6 
Sluggard reproved 583 
Sodoni's deslruction60i 
Soldiery Christian 644, 
—646 

Sons of God, 160^ 161, 
^72 277 
SorrotCf godlf 478,58f 
649 

Soidy Worth and 

Loss of it, 654, 655 
Sower y Parable of 51 2 
615 

Sjjirity Ood th^ 24 
Compared to the 
Wind 155, 
His Influence sought 
158, 507, 640 

His Love '639 

His Return implo* 

red 156 
Sjjirit, Prayer to, 
68, 501,515^,540,548 

Praised lir>T 

The mighty God 358 
Spring 575— 5fr 
Stephen the first 
Mai-tyr who died 
for the Gospel 47^ 
Sting of Death re* 

iiioved 251 



INDEX. 



Hymn and Page. 
Strength, as our 

Days are 48y,491 
Of Israel will not 

lie 23 
Sun^ Moon, and 
Stars, own God as 
their Maker, 1st 

part GOT 
'h Submission , an d 
she answered it 

is well 606 
Filial-- -2d part 604 
He hath done ail 

things well 374 
It is the Lord . 41,534 
To bereaving prov^ 
idences 24 , — -/44 
To the Will of God 

499, 532, 533,603 
Success of Prayer, 
463, 476—473, 

481,485 
3 Of the gospel pre- 
dicted 3 15,4 £5 — 437 I 
SuffeiHngs of Christ 
36—45, 307,560 

—562 
- Summer and flar- 
^ vest, 5-80— 583 

^ Sunday ^Schools, 
1 353,608—614 
Surrender - - 23 1 , 553 
To infinite Love 562 
Supplication 463,467 
T 

5 TABOR'S Mount 

35; 34G 



Hymn andPage^ 
Teachings of the 

Spirit, 501, 507 
Tekel, found want- 
ing 393 
Tempest^ high, 121 
132, 60Z 
Templcy the Bodied 
of Saints, 156, 2d 

part, 6l7 
Spiritual 63,105,615 

1 ompieted 615 

Temptation 6:^4 

Lh/ipted Saint 132 

. 69,623 
Thanksgiving days 

263, 449, 45^. x53 
Thief on the Cross 

27,411 
Things that are best 

1st part 6l7 
Thirsty Souls invi- 
ted to Christ, 154 
357, 2d part, 537 
Throne of Grace 484 

Thunder 61 S 

TimCj boast not of 
to-morrow, 583, 

2(\ part, 6l9 
And Eternity - --620 
In God's Hands, 

261, 533 
Now is the accep- 
ted 360, 583 
Short 613 



INDEX. 



T^ymn and Page. 
To-day the Voice 

of Wisdom 583 
To-morrow the lan- 
guage ©f Folly 583 
Transfiguration of 

Christ 35 
Traveller'' s Psalm 57.2 
Treasure in Hea- 
ven 621 
In earthenVcssels 61 6 
Tree, barren - » - - 622 
Of knowledgel54^195 

Of Life-- 153 

The accursed 3 6 

Trials 623—627 

Trinity 159, 236, 

688—701 
TrlmnpJis of Christ 

51.628 

^ Of Faith 294 
Of .the Cross, 390, 

2d part 562 
Trouble, pleading 
with God in it, 

102,163,52/ 

Sanctified - 625 

Support in 629 

Trust, humble, 265, 

267. 296, S44,'630 
In God under, 1 65, 

288, 289j 631 
Types of Christ 

632, 633 

U 

VNBFLIEF, la- 
meuX^d sa part 253 



Opposed - - - 301,330 

Surmounted 630 

Unerring Wisdom 532 
Union to Christ 

'272, 634 
Universal Praise 238 
Unsteadiness lamen- 
ted 220—222,351 

V 

VANITY of the 

World 652, 657 
Vengeance and com- 
passion of God,1 1,47" 
Victory, national, 

448, 449 

Over Death 251 

Victv of Heaven 

248, 338, 339, 635 
Village Worship 

636~-639 
Vision of dry Bones 640 
Voyage, heavenly, 

121, 122,602 

w 

WAITING for 

God 346,463 
For the coming; of 

Christ 64G 
For the latter-day 

Glory 435 
To be blessed 505,506 
lFaiMng\\ith God 641 
In Darkness 162, 587 

Wants- 642 

Supplied - - - 302,643 
Warfare, Chris- 
tian 525^644—646 



IND 



EX. 



Hymn and Page. 
JFarrior crowned 

2d part 644 
Watchfulness - - - - 646 
Water of Life (In- 
vitation to drink) 

S57'.567 
Waij^ Christ the 152 
Christ the good 

old 15] 

To Canaan 150 

Weary invited to 

Christ 362, 36S 

Wedding dress 62 

Hymn 412 

Weeping Christ - - 648 
Christian 442, 649 
Welcome to Christ 

355, 366 
Wells of Salvation 567 
Wicled men exhor- 
ted 400.5 17j567 

599,601 
Wind^ Spirit's in- 

lluen<:e 122,1553157 
Wmdsy tempestu- 
ous 121, 602 
Winter improved, 

574,585, 586 
Wisdom better than 

Gold 154 

Unerring 532 

Wisdom/ s ways plea- 
sant 153 
Woman of Canaan 287 

Of Samaria 203 

Wonders of Re- 
demption 12:); 130 



Word of God 194-196 
Worhs accepted in 

Christ alone 394,651 
World despised . . 657 
Renounced 246, 

247, 65G 
Retirement from 

the 657 
Vanity of it 652 — 655 
IVorsk ip , F a m i i y 

297—300, 47S 
Out-door .. 461, 511 
Opening a place 

of 417, 418 
Public 391, 501-5 IS 
Reverential, 2, 6, 

12,413 

Village ...636—640 

Y 

YEAR crowned 

with Goodness 573 
New 269—271, 

622, 658, 659 
Youth praising God353 
Educated 608 — 6l4 
Encouraged to seek 

Christ 660 
And old age 353, 

662, 663 

z 

ZJGCHEUS, his 
Conversion . . 228, 664 
Zeal and Fortitude 

290—294, S05 
For Christ; 2d pt. 

469; 470 

F f2 



INDEX, 



^ymn and Page 
^eal for the House 

ofG.d ;> 3,669 
Zioriy God conifort- 

ing it 2cl part 409 



Hymn anc! Tag^> 
Zion^s li ;crt -ise. 
See Church. 
PiloriiB 666 
Praist 102, 74. 670 
"3, 667 



High Way to ii . . 1 50 1 Travt llei . . 
cSiuging. • 2d part 067' Rest UD^,S^o^^3p^j^ 



A 



Ch. Ver. Page. Ch. Ver. Page. Ch. Ver. Page% 



Genesis. 

1 Si 

5 24 

6 18 

7 16 

7 1,17,23 

8 22. 573, 

9 12-17 Ip. 
12 6 
14 18, 19 
17 1 
17 12 

17 18 

18 19 

18 23-32 Ip. 

19 14, 24 
19 26 
22 14 



\ 3p 
24 31 j 

24 56 

27 38 

28 12 13 
28 16—18 
28 17 

52 26 
45 28 

49 10 5 
49 19 



237 
641 
171 

172 
171 
582 
232 
598 
109 
1 

186 
465 
298 
451 
601 
400 
500 

41:^ 
414 
556 
373 
510 
389 
298 
511 



48 
111 

591 



Exodus. 



2 3 
6 

18 424 1 

^-^•'^558 

21 22 2p.216 
26 2p. 84 

6 1-. 135 
10— 12 477 
15 4p. 644 

22 481 
29 124 



21 8 9 5a 
23 10 2p. 179 



600 23 19 

2^S3 21 
23 2-3 
27 16 17 



33 14 15 



23 
23 
6—8 



C 309 20 5 
i 617 
2pi 135 



308 
11 



Leviticus, 
21^30 128 

8^13 

6 445 



Numbers. 
9 14 555 
13 23 248 
13 27 2p. 338 
17 8 2p. 165 
6451^0 11 lp« 135 



l 23 
272 
263 
455 



Deuteronomy* 



1 17 

3 25 

7 9 

8 2 

8 7 8 



202- 
338 
173 
623 
338 
298 

21 22 23 36 
23 9 2p, 448 

32 49 50 333 

33 25 

33 27 

34 1 



489 
132 

33a 



Joshua. 
12 5 250 
17 12 13 598 
24 15 300 

Judges. 

7 20 4 p. 644 

8 45 3 p. 644 

13 23 3vn 



A TABLE OF SCRIPTURES. 



Cb, Ver. Page, Ch Ver. Page Ch, Ver. Page, 



16 29 SO 140 
19 20 642 

Ruth. 

1 ii-~ir 444 

1 Samuel, 



18 

28 



484 
C 383 
t 185 
196 
1 p.241 
534 
391 
C269 
1270 
474 
23 

17 49 50 4p.464 

.30 6 344 

2 Samuel. 



7 2 

7 12 

12 24 
15 29 



7 18 
12 22 23 



14 

15 

22 
23 



14 



26 



i2p, 
/ 



419 

242 

296 

590 

53 

6C4 

571 

235 

629 



1 Ki?ios. 



1 34 
3 5 

8 27 23 



388 
531 
( 3 
I 418, 



17 6 



493 



2 Kings. 
21—24 449 
26 Ip. 606 

1—14 ' ' 
17 

6 7 



443 
169 
449 



Chronicles^ 
9 10 36/ 



29 14 



217 
218 



Chro7iides, 
26 27 578 
11—13 166 



1 

5 
10 
14 
19 
25 



661 
261 
281 

465 
126 
127 
349 

479 
587 



Ezra. 



6 1. 



lp.413 

418 



Nehemiah. 
9 5 6 
13 31 480 

Esther^ 
4 16 lp.464 

Job. 

1 20 21 603 
3 17 325 
7 8 4p. 252 
11 7 14 

11 7 12 520 

12 13 ^6 

13 15 468 



542 
264 
575 
618 
235 
585 
499 



3 5 



28 
24 
32 

5 

7 

30 
41 
Fsahns. 

C 427 
8 «^ 433 
C 434 
439 
440 
C 441 
6 7 652 

8 Ip, 283 

3 441 

9 527 
11 545 
37—42 449 

C 438 

I lp.607 
7— li 195 
10 195 

4 253 
C 70 

\ 142 
7—10 52 
503 

8 463 



A TABLE OF SCRIPTURES. 



Cb. Vtr. Pa?e. 


27 14 


346 


29 9 


502 


30 5 


682 


31 15 5 


26i 


I 


533 


54 1, 22 


474 


S5 3 


556 


37 4 2 p. 


262 


37 5 


626 


39 4 


620 


40 7 


27 


42 5 


206 


42 11 Ip. 


262 


43 3 


435 


43 5 


204 




Ch. Ver. Pagei 
116 8 59-^ 
116 12 

118 14, 24 543 

119 97, 104 39S 
119 105 Ip, 195 
119 136, 15S454 

590 
573 
669 
254 
183 
315; 
609 
401 

66r 

22^ 
8 

IS 
69 
282 
1 p. 65S 
1, 16-20 

574. 
1 p.23S 
3 Ip. 6or 
2p. 238- 



A TABLE OF SCRIPTURES. 



Cb, Ver, Pai>^. 
1^ 5 
31 SO 

ar 17 

18 24 
39 17 
23 ?0 

21 31 

22 6 

23 26 

2r 1 

30 4 
^0 7 
^0 12 2p 
SO 25 




8 2p. 407 



210140 



A TABLE OF SCRIPTURES, 



Ch. Ver. Pa t Ch. Ver. Pa^e Ch. Ver. Page. 



432 50 20 



1-28 



Lamentation, 



62 6. 7 



65 25 



1 11 
1 12 

3 59 



3p. 267 

565 

16::- 



EzelieL 



4 12 48S 
Jonalu 



2 4 
2 9 

2 1^ 

3 9 

4 8 



U 19 

18 31 
20 37 
34 29 



8 22 



528 
599 
2p,l65 
Ip. 84 



36 26. 27 329 

37 3 640 



Danieh 

2 35. 45 426' 

3 23 

5 27 

6 16. 22 
9 26 



294 
39^ 
290 
111 



29 13 



31 3 



31 



Rosea. 
2 19. 20 

18 9 



62 
278 



5-7 2p. 69 

Joel 



399 
568 
163 
348 
S5o 



1 U 

2 17 



667i 4 11 



450 
447 




Micah. 
2 13 61 

5 5 107 

6 6, 7 651 

7 7 481 
7 18 2p, 464 

Nahm. 

1 7. 12 145 

Hahahkuk. 

2 3 346 

3 2^ 

t 216 
^ 283 



3 17.18 



Zephamak. 
3 17 2p, 409 
Bacrgai. 

. r l "'■ % 

395 
111 

ZecJiarialu 
1 5 250 



A 

Ch. Ver. 

3 2 



TABLE OF SCRIPTURES. 
Pao"e. Ch. Ver. Page.,Ch. Yer. Page 




9 13—16 214 
12 10 522 
75 

76|i5 19 
9 ' 627 
Malachi* 



13 1 



13 



1 
6 

16-18 



110 1626 

17 4 

18 20 



4 2 



Matthew, 
S 88 



1 23 

2 9 
2 10 



^ 90 22 42 
2p. 28" 



9 32,33, 2p84| 
323; 
S62 
363 
515 
387 
115 
116 
332 
287 
74 
655 
35 
410 
511 
184 
243 

20 30—34 118' 
207 



13 31j 32 
13 46 



15 27 

16 18 



C 118 
( 374 



i9 13, 14 

19 14 



5 25—29 119 

5 3:^-42 485 

6 45—48 122 

6 50 302 

7 20 332 

7^7 ^ 

8 34 

8 36,37 [g^ 

8 38 95 

9 23 364 
9 48 341 

iO 13—16 185 
10 14 186 
10 46—50 190 



4 23,24 

5 3 
5 4 



23 8—10 553 
2p.l44 24 6,7 268 
Ip84j24 32 380 
\ 118 24 44 486 
Ip. 472125 6 379 



201 

442 

5 10-12 1])469 

5 44 404 



7,8 
9—13 

10 5^ 

11 
7,8 
13, 14 

24, 25 
2. 3 



8 25 



506 
475 
.3i6 
386 
200 
191 
5-^9 
65 
120 
602 



25 

26 36-42 ^ 

26 41 

27 50 S 



24—46 380 

37 



27 54 

27 66 

28 2 
28 5,6 
28 6 

BlarJc, 
1 40,41 
217 



307 
646 

37 
560 
38 
48 
50 
49 
48 

118 
117 



16 15 



37 
38 
46 
643 
312 
461 



15 32—17 

15 39 

16 6 
16 9 

Luke. 

1 76 492 

2 8-14 lp33 
2 10-14 lp28 

30 

19 2p33 
493 
<;'234 

{ no 

[323 
443 
275 
; 469 
1 0(59 



2 14 
4 18, 
4 25 

4 26 

4 27 
4 28 

4 29 



A TABLE OF SCRIPTURES, 
ver, Pagt'Ch. ver. Page Cb. ver 



Ch. 

5 5 504(19 41 648 

7 34 77 21 19 46fi 
74l5422p462 22 54-62 2p47l 
747548lp462 23 28 41 

8 22 122 23 34 404 

8 35,36 118 23 39—43 411 

9 23 2 p, 588 23 42 227 
9 26 95 24 4—7 47 

10 2 1 p.432 24 22 554 
10 33-35 2p607 : 



10 42 ^ 

( 454 

11 21,22 330 

12 16—22 653 

469 



56 24 29 
113 



12 32 ^ 

12 33,34 

13 6—9 



528 
621 
622 
358 
359 
554 
361 
589 



14 22 ^ 

14 23 

15 3—7 
1510,32 lp637 
15 11— ^'2 487 
15 20—30 488 

15 31 320 

16 25 340 

17 32 400 
,18 1—7 483 
18lO-l3 2pG37 

18 13 420 
18 16 184 

18 35—38 190 

19 1-6 C^'^^ 

\ 6(34 

19 10 322 



24 34 

24 41 
24 47 

24 61 



4 35 
4 35,36 
142 



Page 
315 
42 8 
141 
118 
192 
193 
86 
195 
51 60 
1 p 355 
356 
6 53—56 557 



2-4 ^ 

31 
39 

35,48y 



6 37 



3 16 



6 55 




558 


6 66 fir 


563 


6 68 




564 


7 37 J 




357 


2p562 


9 25 




197 


10 9 




70 




71 


10 II 




142 


iO 29,3 




143 


11 3 




592 


11 35 




648 


12 21 




308 


L 


309 


12 32 


38 


13 7 




496 


13 13 




553 


14 1- 


-6 


152 


14 6 




151 


14 18 




64 


14 19 




1G3 


15 1- 


-5 


149 


15 15 




236 


16 13,(4 2 


pi 58 


17 3 




87 



A TABLE OF SCRIPTURE^ 



Ch. Vef . Pa^t 



Cn. Ver. Page. Ch. Ver. Page; 



8 32 473 
« 34 43 
8 35 2p. 469 

8 35 -,-39 233 

9 11 260 
1 371 

11 1.2,25. 
26 373 

12 19 17Q 

13 11 666 




A TABLE OF SCRIPTURES* 



Ch. Ver. Page Cii* Vtt. Pag- Ch. Vcr. Page 



17,18 

6 
7 
9 

1445 

■■7 



20 

6 2 

9 15 
1^ 9 
13 14 



.J 



m 

i04 

237 
6l6 
^Ui 

46: 

42 
230 
jl? 
3o6 
60 
8u 
319 
68, 



Galations, 



2 16 

3 i3 

3 ib 

^ 28 

4 19 

5 17 
^ 14 



364 
6 

23t: 
^'02 

51b 
220 
45 



Ephesians, 
1 277 



1 11 



160 
Z'i7 

260 
494 
496 



4 15.16 83 
4 30 166 
6 11 1? I, .6h^ 
6 19.20 501 

Pfiillijjpiam. 



1 

1 21 
1 23 
:3 9 



5 17 



476 



2 10 



i45 

3iyb 

3oij 

2 p. oo 

S 369 i 
\ oji) 
2 26 30 592 
o93 
87 
519 
422 
673 
6^3 



3 10 

3 12—14 

4 1 
4 7 
4 19 



Colossians, 



1 19 

2 2 

2 10 

2 15 

3 3 
3 11 



12-15 ^ 



oo6 
675 

272 

3u6 

41 
51 
397 
55 
57 
401 
40-. 



2 


5.8 - 


\ 318 
i ^31 






2 


8 


295 


3 


8 


13 s 


3 


15 






8 





I TJiessalonians 
4 Ij 647 



4 16.17 



: thessalonians, 
% io j45 
J 1 436 

1 Timothy^ 

1 9 233 
1 11 2 p, oi6 

1 J5 224 

2 1—2 388 

3 8.10 13 

2 p. 209 

^ ^ 130 

6 8.9 657 
6 15.16 oil 

2 Timothy. 

{ 272 



1 9 

1 10 

2 13 
2 19 



3 i2 

3 15—17 



i- ^74 
1 365 
369 
2p.3l6 
378 
148 
^r. 232 
273 
469 
195 



Titus. 
2 13 1 p. 

2 14 



C 378 



3 7 



S ^ 



165 

274 
23 
279 
650 



A TABLE OF SCRIPTURES. 



Ch. Ver, 



James, 
1 27 1 p. 529 
19 266 
18 579 
1 Peter. 
1,2 234 
275 
2-34 
1 p. 471 
627 




Ch. Ver, Page 

4 8 15 

5 4,5 296 
5 14,15 530 
5 21 2 p. 617 

Jude. 

14,15 381 
20,21 516 

Revelation. 



1 7 
1 10 
1 18 



' 381 
540 
1 p.53 
370 

2 5 1 p. 209 
2 10 2 p. 644 

2 29 509 

3 17,182p355 

3 20 ^ 81 
lp.326 

? 390 

5 13 1 p. 68 

6 14—17 381 
7V13— 17 333 



13 12 
33 17 
13 20,21 



7 14 

10 5.6 

3 18 



334 
383 
249 
334 
312 
178 
429 
255 
25(5 



A TABLE OF SCRIPTURES, 



Page 



99 20 
100 



Ch. 



Ver, 
4 



Page 



Ch. Ver. 

22 1—5 
22 16 5 



421 

677 ^"^^^^ 382 
385 21 3,4 338122 17 
ITS 21 10-21 2p385,22 20 
68122 1 2p. 537:22 21 
492 I 



Page 

339 
112 
137 

857 

684 
685 



EXPLANATION 



OF THE 



Various Metres in this Vo' 



IIL. xM. 

3 Li. M. 

4| j^nh. 

6 



8 
9 
10 
11 
12 
13 
14 
16 
lb 
1 

18 
19 
20 
21 
22 



G 

6 6 



[4 th. 
J > ll,o 5 
5 6 

5 8 9 
6s 

6 4 

6 8 4 

i s 

; Double* 

7 6 
^ 6 

8 4 
S 4 

H 6 

b 6 H 



10 10 

8 8 
(3 6 

5 11 
5 6 



7 7 



26 8 

27 r 

28 8 7 

8 7 

9 7 
10s 

lis 

11 B 



29 
SO 
Cil 
32 
88 
84 



8 8 
8 6 
6 6 
10 lU 
10 10 
8 8 



6 
5 

n 

8 



7 6 7 6 



6 
7 
7 
7 
7 
7 
8 
8 
8 8 
8 8 



8 

8 ^ 
8 (. 
11 1 
11 li 
8 b 
8 8 

5 11 

6 ll 
6 9 



& 
4 
4» 

7 



8 

8 



SBI VlTAlrSPAKK-- 



10 10 

11 11 

11 8 

12 12 
-Pope's 



6 
6 
8 
7 
7 
7 
7 
7 
8 
8 
8 4 
8 4 
8 6 
8 8 
8 6 
8 7 

8 7 
7 7 
4 7 

9 7 

10 10 

11 11 

11 8 

12 12 



^ i 

\ I 

If 




i 



